This blog mostly summarizes useful science I read, and promotes my own research. Content posted here is my own and does not reflect the opinions of my employer or anyone else. I tweet at @sciencejon and my bio is at http://fish.freeshell.org/bio.html
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Clever Hans: or when horses do math, check your science
My latest blog post is about the challenge of overcoming bias in scientific studies, as illustrated by the wonderful story of Clever Hans, the horse who supposedly could do math and other impressive feats:
http://blog.nature.org/science/2015/02/12/horses-doing-math-clever-hans-lessons-conservation-science/
Labels:
bias,
clever hans,
horse,
math,
rigor
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