The Future of Statistical Software Proceedings of a Forum (1991) / Chapter Skim
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Afternoon Discussion
Afternoon Discussion
Pages 63-68
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The deposition consumes three hours on some trivial case in the computer output that is totally irrelevant to the issue, and frequently confuses the opposing party rather than shedding light on the issue. There needs to be a road map for selecting information to be displayed, depending on the capability of the user to either understand it or use it.
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ANDREW KIRSCH: ~ tried to mention the idea of ease of flow through the program as well as that of limiting the amount of output generated. But certainly there is a danger in limiting generated output if you reduce the amount of data generated to the point that you are vastly oversimplifying.
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There is much room for improvement in applying the lessons that have already been learned, to simply bring that existing guidance into analyses. That would drastically improve the level of guidance available in statistical software and prohibit indiscriminate transforming of variables when there is no rationale for doing so on physical or other grounds.
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The future effort toward incorporating expertise will be to try to make everything more concrete. Desktop metaphors seem to work wonders in many aspects of how to use computers quickly and easily.
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Simply automating may be an inferior practice. The problem here is not inferior practice, but that the practice has not been adequately specified.
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