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My name is Pat, I'm 20. Currently studying to become a chartered accountant. Always have been strong in math including statistical analysis in university. I look forward to all the interesting studies put together.
Hello, me from 16 years ago.My name is Pat, I'm 20. Currently studying to become a chartered accountant. Always have been strong in math including statistical analysis in university.
It shouldn't be expected that everyone perform or cite a study to support their position. What's frustrating is that many abandon simple logic when assessing the data available. I can understand when someone doesn't believe they have the math skills to perform or understand a study. I can't understand when they refuse to use logic.
I don't think this is quite correct. Abandonment would presuppose the presence of the skill at some point in the past. Although this is undoubtedly correct in the broadest sense it does not take into account skill levels. We can all broad jump - invitations to perform that skill at the Olympics uses a more selective process.
This isn't meant to be sarcastic or condescending to anybody. I just think it needed to be said.
Just as everybody has a certain level of mathematical skills that abandon them as the situation takes on more complexity or requires mastery of certain axioms or formulations so too does logic fall prey to similar difficulties. Those you refer to as refusing to logic are not refusing - they simply aren't very good at it.
I guess I think people should be able to use basic logic more than basic math. Math relies on basic logic, but logic does not really rely on math. Maybe I'm wrong about this as well, but that's my perspective.
My name is Pat, I'm 20. Currently studying to become a chartered accountant. Always have been strong in math including statistical analysis in university. I look forward to all the interesting studies put together.
Hello, me from 16 years ago.
I don't think this is quite correct. Abandonment would presuppose the presence of the skill at some point in the past. Although this is undoubtedly correct in the broadest sense it does not take into account skill levels. We can all broad jump - invitations to perform that skill at the Olympics uses a more selective process.
This isn't meant to be sarcastic or condescending to anybody. I just think it needed to be said.
I have always enjoyed math and sports, so it's fun for me to try to combine the two. I was fascinated by Bill James' Baseball Abstracts, so that's where my interest in this began. I am most interested in how to compare players from different seasons/era and/or at different positions to each other. My applicable educational background is in Economics, including Econometrics (probability & statistics theory, and economic models).
I'm Hatterson, I have a BS in mathematics and computer science and am currently one of the local mods.
Best read on this topic is Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow which should be required reading for anyone who wants to comment, pro or con, on analytics in any field.