Yeah, this seems about right to me too.
One of the major issues is that statisticians themselves also often are trying to push certain approaches for fame and glory just like all other academics, so may prefer (or disprefer) things based on their own research and writing program.
One of the major issues is that statisticians themselves also often are trying to push certain approaches for fame and glory just like all other academics, so may prefer (or disprefer) things based on their own research and writing program.
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a) X is always way worse than Y, such that X is a mistake
b) X is better than Y, but the difference is so slight the results will be virtually identical
I find it hard to be motivated by (b) when the amount of extra effort it takes is intense (lazy, I know)