Data, data, data

(This article was originally published at Daniel, and syndicated at StatsBlogs.)

Having presented preliminary findings from a national sample of therapeutic communities in Brazil, I thought the Babbage’s words fits like a glove for those criticizing quantitative approaches for policy evaluations: the “Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all” (Charles Babbage).

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(This article was originally published at Daniel, and syndicated at StatsBlogs.)

Having presented preliminary findings from a national sample of therapeutic communities in Brazil, I thought the Babbage’s words fits like a glove for those criticizing quantitative approaches for policy evaluations: the “Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all” (Charles Babbage).

Please comment on the article here: Daniel