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Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by dominotw on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @11:10AM (#16745370)
Isn't that why we have 'replication crisis' in fields that 'can never encompass the full dimensions of the data'

Doesn't replication crisis prove 'that all studies of complex topics are invalid simply because their topics are complex.'

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Re:Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in... by boomboomsubban on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @11:50AM (#16745840)
Science as a whole has developed knowing that it is impossible to encompass the full dimensions of the data, the goal is to find the best explanation given the available evidence.

The replication crisis is a result of the misuse or misunderstanding of the statistics, and the current nature of journals.

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