Stephen Stigler Quote

Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess, but confessions obtained under duress may not be admissible in the court of scientific opinion.


'Testing Hypotheses or fitting Models? Another Look at Mass Extinctions'


Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess, but confessions obtained...

Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess, but confessions obtained...

Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess, but confessions obtained...

Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess, but confessions obtained...