Re:Why “Simple” Websites Are Scientifically Superior
by mistercow on Monday January 27, 2014 @12:49AM
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>Even though this was part of a bigger growth strategy, the results are still impressive, over a million new users have been added since June, when the new logo was first debuted.
No, the results are meaningless because they're confounded by a big whopping set of hidden variables.
This is like extolling the virtues of vitamin C by pointing to a cancer patient that was put on chemo and also given supplements to keep them healthy, and saying "Even though it was part of a bigger treatment plan, the results are still impressive; the cancer has been in full remission since June, when the doctor first started administering vitamin C."
No, the results are meaningless because they're confounded by a big whopping set of hidden variables.
This is like extolling the virtues of vitamin C by pointing to a cancer patient that was put on chemo and also given supplements to keep them healthy, and saying "Even though it was part of a bigger treatment plan, the results are still impressive; the cancer has been in full remission since June, when the doctor first started administering vitamin C."