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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Which Comes First: Data or Theory?

I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


If you have an already observed result then he is right. You can theorize a result before you have data (or the result) though. 


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