Yet, that is precisely what happens with numerical and statistical method: form is mistaken as substance.

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If the scientists used the wrong statistical method, you may do just as well believing your horoscope.

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He tells them they can use any statistical method they choose to produce the answer but no one ever gets it right.

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"It is important to understand that the correction centered on the description of a single statistical method, " Kim said in a statement.

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His plans also reflect the economist's love for good statistical method.

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Because there is no software, no statistical method.

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In a press release and a five-page letter to the scientific community, Peter Kim asserts that although Merck had to correct a statistical method, the 18-month conclusion is still valid based upon the data Merck had at the time.

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He is using statistical techniques in particular, a method called stochastic pi-calculus to model how biological systems appear to change with time.

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