The data worker's guide to psiphiorrhea

Posted by Bob_Mesibov on Jul 21, 2021 10:47 AM EDT
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In the same way that someone who talks far too much is exhibiting logorrhea, or excessive word-iness, someone who uses far too many digits in their numbers is exhibiting psiphiorrhea, or excessive digit-iness. No amount of explaining about significant figures or measurement error will convince the psiphiorrhea sufferer that their numbers are absurd.

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