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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4022491, member: 93416"]Yes I much agree. Actually I would go further - following a guy called Gorard - who over a number of papers came to the conclusion that teaching complex statistical approaches was in many disciplines doing more harm than good.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of his early papers, (attacking even the use of standard error)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/00003759.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/00003759.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/00003759.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am afraid I would have concerns about this. Not primarily the theoretical concerns about the technique itself (as Gorard voices), rather the fact that data trawled mechanically from web sites will contain all sorts of damaged coins which have no relevance to the intended issue weight. Most times a bar chart will throw up a peak specific to the well preserved coins, with a tail of junkier stuff behind it. That would be much more meaningful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4022491, member: 93416"]Yes I much agree. Actually I would go further - following a guy called Gorard - who over a number of papers came to the conclusion that teaching complex statistical approaches was in many disciplines doing more harm than good. Here is one of his early papers, (attacking even the use of standard error) [URL]https://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/00003759.htm[/URL] I am afraid I would have concerns about this. Not primarily the theoretical concerns about the technique itself (as Gorard voices), rather the fact that data trawled mechanically from web sites will contain all sorts of damaged coins which have no relevance to the intended issue weight. Most times a bar chart will throw up a peak specific to the well preserved coins, with a tail of junkier stuff behind it. That would be much more meaningful. Rob T[/QUOTE]
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