I agree with Peter's 'rant'

Posted by Dafyd on January 24, 1999 at 09:31:17:

In Reply to: I suppose that it's rant time, again. posted by Peter on January 20, 1999 at 12:32:40:

> Quantitative tools, eh? Problem is that quantitative tools aren't perfect. The maths may be, but to get the maths to apply to reality, then you need to make assumptions - and if those assumptions are off, then so are all of the bets...

> Don't get me wrong - quantitative methods _are_ very useful - I use them in lab classes every week. Still, you have to be careful with them, or you can come to all sorts of unjustified conclusions.

I just want to say that Peter's post should be read by anyone who thinks that you can get
useful statistical evidence out of the RHETI.

I find it interesting that Peter and I who are Fives think that it is unreliable, while
members of other types seem to want to construct whole theories using it as solid evidence.
I would have assumed that it would have been the Fives who were
inordinately impressed by numbers and the more emotional who saw their limitations.
Which goes to show that the stereotypes of reason / emotion in our culture are a little
misleading.

Dafyd

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