Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil

Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil

A Weltanschauung causal model of excess deaths

......but all models are wrong

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Martin Neil and Norman Fenton
Jan 23, 2023
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One of the first conversations we have with new PhD or master’s students is about the role of models in research where we explain that modelling is a socio-technical endeavour aiming to make sense of the world. And that, given we are imperfect, we must accept that our theories must be, by necessity, also flawed.

During our little monologue at some point,…

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