When is a model good?
Parsimony
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2009/05/07/bayes_jeffreys/
There is a body of work behind why model parsimony is good, but the reasoning doesn't apply everywhere. When does it not?
Components of a trustworthy data analysis
From simplystatistics.org/2018/06/04/trustworthy-data-analysis/
- How was the data gathered?
- How were the data processed?
- Sampling frame?
- Is there a reason why the variables might be causally related?
Rubin's basic questions
Donald Rubin has two questions he likes to ask any researcher:
- What would you do if you had all the data?
- What were you doing before you had any data?
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