tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post796286184495574841..comments2024-01-30T03:30:45.740-05:00Comments on Bad Data, Bad!: The price of bad databs kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post-83713931588639423822012-05-16T18:46:47.394-04:002012-05-16T18:46:47.394-04:00I know, I can totally see it....I've definitel...I know, I can totally see it....I've definitely met people who only collect data to shore up the things they already believed....but I agree it's the wrong battle to fight. <br /><br />Poor numbers....leave them alone!bs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post-51615481984934617922012-05-15T23:39:15.561-04:002012-05-15T23:39:15.561-04:00I get his point. I really believe that I do, beca...I get his point. I really believe that I do, because he is likely surrounded by people misusing data and hiding behind it rather than giving evidence for their ideas. Colleges are remarkably knuckleheaded in what kinds of data they collect about how good students, course, and professors are. Easy to take a survey and say "rate this class/professor/study carrel on a scale of 1-5" and then praise or condemn on that basis.<br /><br />But he is fighting the wrong battle. We are never operating from a position of no data, only good data or bad. There is no data-neutral position, only a data-hidden one.<br /><br />"If we say we have no data, the truth is not in us, and we deceive ourselves."Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.com