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qroqqa commented on the word type iii error
I think Dawkins defined this as the error of not being able to remember which was a type I error and which type II.
November 10, 2008
sionnach commented on the word type iii error
An alluring definition, but most statisticians would choose the explanation (attributed to Kimball and popularized by George Box): getting a correct answer to the wrong question. In experimental work, the implication is that one has designed the experiment according to a faulty problem specification, so that the data obtained shed little useful light on the actual question of interest.
November 10, 2008