He dismissed the data that contradicted his diagnosis — the absence of rhonchi and of white streaks on the chest X-ray, and the normal white-blood-cell count — as evidence that the infection was at an early stage.
The dominant reaction was to dismiss the inconsistent data on methodological grounds, "while data consistent with a theory [were] met with little scrutiny" (Fugelsang et al., 2004, p. 92).
Indeed, it would be easier to dismiss the state data if it were conducted by less reputable firms.
Preoccupied by a big anticorruption protest movement and internal bickering among politicians, officials tended to dismiss the gloomy data as unimportant or as temporary setbacks.
But the ease of such promises, and their history of being watered down in office, is no reason to dismiss the "setting data free" comments in David Cameron's speech on civil liberties on Thursday.
We could also dismiss the 2001 data except for estimating measurement error variance using repeated measurements and then 'correct' 2002 measurements for this measurement error under the assumption of log-normal distribution of true exposure levels (M4).
Instead, the Cochrane authors completely dismiss the baseline register data in Miguel and Kremer (2004) as unreliable evidence for baseline balance, while including the Watkins (1996) data in their meta-analysis of school participation impacts, giving it equal weight with the Miguel and Kremer (2004) school participation impact evidence (which uses more rigorous outcome data).
Well, getting the details wrong assists those who would dismiss all the data and conclusions painfully acquired by Unscom experts.
To dismiss the weight of my data as "scant" and misrepresent the book as a personal narrative, rather than an empirically based study in which recollections serve as bolstering illustration, only demonstrates the very problems I spend "Losing the Race" addressing.
