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Re:What a debate about p-values shows about science by jamessb on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @06:29AM (#15391398)
Ernest Rutherford: "If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment."

(Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations gives the attribution "In N.T. Bailey The Mathematical Approach to Biology and Medicine")

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Re:What a debate about p-values shows about science by searine on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @12:01PM (#15393355)
Exactly.

I need this tattoo'd on my forehead.

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