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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Statistical Methods for Behavioral Modeling

Steve Miller on misconceptions about using statistics for behavioral models. ' ... “Traditional statistical analysis is often of limited value. It is not that these tools are somehow flawed. Rather, it is that they are overly simplistic and, in many cases inappropriate for the task of modeling human behavior.” . Optimistically tilted I think ... but would like other comments on this. Also good links to related papers on the topic. See especially Leo Breiman's Statistical Modeling: Two Cultures.

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