[Policy Forum] Aligning statistical and scientific reasoning
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 14:01
in Psychology & Sociology
Imagine the American Physical Society convening a panel of experts to issue a missive to the scientific community on the difference between weight and mass. And imagine that the impetus for such a message was a recognition that engineers and builders had been confusing these concepts for decades, making bridges, buildings, and other components of our physical infrastructure much weaker than previously suspected. Author: Steven N. Goodman