@sailingbythelee I've seen this argument around, but not with reference to a formalized theory. Now I've got something to look up and see if it makes sense for my research, thank you so much!
@arandomthought
I read some similar comments online, but there were also positions contrary, but I think this makes sense.
And I didn't know about the infinite population thing, that is interesting.
If I may a follow up: despite p values, regression models and correlation tests can still be interesting to apply to census data to measure effect sizes and such, right?
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According to the second article:
"...A p value should be interpreted in terms of what would happen if you repeated the measurement multiple times with different samples..."
If I have a census, I would expect zero difference for repeating measurements due to random sampling. Therefore p values are irrelevant for census data.
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@sailingbythelee I've seen this argument around, but not with reference to a formalized theory. Now I've got something to look up and see if it makes sense for my research, thank you so much!
@arandomthought that's very helpful, thank you so much!
@arandomthought
I read some similar comments online, but there were also positions contrary, but I think this makes sense.
And I didn't know about the infinite population thing, that is interesting.
If I may a follow up: despite p values, regression models and correlation tests can still be interesting to apply to census data to measure effect sizes and such, right?
@MarcusMuench @rstats @phdstudents @datascience @socialscience @org_studies
According to the second article:
"...A p value should be interpreted in terms of what would happen if you repeated the measurement multiple times with different samples..."
If I have a census, I would expect zero difference for repeating measurements due to random sampling. Therefore p values are irrelevant for census data.
Thanks for the references!
@pop @Cachorroultravioleta eu falhei em entrar na sociedade tautologica, por não ter falhado em entrar na sociedade tautologica. Me resta o gueto do paradoxo😪