Lies, damned lies, and statistics (in Geology)
Vermeesch, Pieter (2009) Lies, damned lies, and statistics (in Geology). Eos 90 (47), p. 443. ISSN 0096-3941.
Abstract
According to Karl Popper's epistemology of critical rationalism, scientists should formulate falsifiable hypotheses rather than produce ad hoc answers to empirical observations. In other words, we should predict and test rather than merely explain [Popper, 1959]. Sometimes, statistical tests such as chi-square, t, or Kolmogorov-Smirnov are used to make deductions more “objective.” Such tests are used in a wide range of geological subdisciplines [see Reimann and Filzmoser, 2000; Anderson and Johnson, 1999; Lørup et al., 1998; Sircombe and Hazelton, 2004].
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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Schools and Departments > School of Science > Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2011 09:43 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2016 12:01 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/1821 |
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