Re:Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer revie...
by erfgh on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @07:42AM
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You will find it beneficial to learn what a "prior probability distrubution" is.
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Re:Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer revie...
by WithinReason on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @07:57AM
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It's actually you who doesn't understand probabilities. If a woman is twice as likely to make a discovery but women are only 5% of researchers, then it's both true that:
1. most discoveries are made by males
2. it is reasonable to give larger weight to new female-done research
contradicting you point.
Re:Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer revie...
by erfgh on Thursday October 13, 2022 @05:04AM
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But you pulled those number out of thin air. The fact of the matter is that if I pick one research paper at random out of all the papers written by men and I pick another research paper at random out of all the papers written by women the former will be of higher average quality.
Re:Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer revie...
by WithinReason on Thursday October 13, 2022 @05:15AM
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Did you just pull that out of thin air?