Quite right, John, And Gelman doesn't distinguish between them for
probably obvious reasons. But then, neither did the former Labour govt.
Presumably they took the view that negative meant controversial and
controversy was a public good, as it indicated competition, a
Thatcherite meme currently viewed as possibly being of greater benefit
than the invention of sliced bread.
Kind regards,
larry
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From: "John Whittington" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "the.Duke.of.URL" <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask]
Sent: 31/03/2014 17:43:06
Subject: Re: Most cited statistics papers ever
>At 16:34 31/03/2014 +0000, the.Duke.of.URL wrote:
>>Andrew Gelman has listed a number of papers that have more than 10,000
>>Google Scholar cites. Gelman discusses a bias in lists such as this
>>one. The current coalition and the past Labour government like such
>>lists as these as they are quantifiable, never mind whether
>>meaningful.
>
>One presumably has to keep in mind the fact that a paper may be
>frequently cited for 'negative', rather than 'positive', reasons ?!
>
>Kind Regards,
>
>
>John
>
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