“Statistical Inference Enables Bad Science; Statistical Thinking Enables Good Science”

As promised, let’s continue yesterday’s discussion of Christopher Tong’s article, “Statistical Inference Enables Bad Science; Statistical Thinking Enables Good Science.” First, the title, which makes an excellent point. It can be valuable to think about measurement, comparison, and variation, even if commonly-used statistical methods can mislead. This reminds me of the idea in decision analysis …