Thomas Lumley • 10/20/2014

Broman's Socks and the Nature of Scientific Reporting

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The article critiques scientific reporting and publication bias through the lens of a viral tweet about laundry. It uses Bayesian analysis and the 'socks' example to argue that readers must model the publication process itself, as data is filtered through others' reporting behavior. It connects this to broader issues in statistical interpretation and references concepts like Bell's Inequality.

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