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Re: st: Constructing a variable from standard deviations
From
Stas Kolenikov <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: Constructing a variable from standard deviations
Date
Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:33:08 -0600
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Maarten buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> --- On Mon, 22/11/10, M.P.J. van Zaal wrote:
>> I am inclining to agree with mr Kolenikov, because the
>> study i am (partly) replicating in my thesis does use OLS
>> estimates.
> As I just mentioned I am not against Stas' argument, but I
> do not find the fact that there exists a publication that
> also uses it a convincing argument: A lot of mistakes get
> published and many get perpetuated using exactly this
> argument.
[SIGH] This is so true. I published two papers basically crying,
"NO!!! You should not do your analysis the way they've done it in [a
certain paper]!!! And here is why."
--
Stas Kolenikov, also found at http://stas.kolenikov.name
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