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- Tue Jan 27, 2004 8:40 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: Can SD models be validated without being run?
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Can SD models be validated without being run?
As in modeling, what is the <purpose> of the model or in this case the purpose of the statistic? Usually, a statistic is used to disprove a hypothesis or prove that a model is wrong. Since we know that <all models are wrong>, the question now becomes one of utility or <usefulness>. When the proof th...