name: thetimedomain class: center,middle, .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .title[Principles of Data Analysis, and Anti-Principles] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] Idea of principles and anti-principles taken from
Changing the Conversation: The 17 Principles of Conflict Resolution
by Dana Caspersen --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Principle: Get to know the data on its own terms, as you would get to know a person] -- .anti[Anti-principle: Approach the data with expectations, hoping it will be what you want it to be] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Principle: Keep your eyes sharp. Be on the lookout for unexpected patterns, mysteries, and problems] -- .anti[Anti-principle: Single-mindedly focus on one aspect of the data and ignore all others] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Principle: Examine the data with the simplest possible methods at first, and gradually add complexity as needed] -- .anti[Anti-principle: Begin by applying a fancy method you don't really understand using code that somebody else wrote] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Principle: Keep your mind open to alternate interpretations and other possible explanations ] -- .anti[Anti-principle: Unconsciously assume that the first idea that came to you must be the right one] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Principle: Try to hold multiple points of view simultaneously] -- .anti[Anti-principle: Be content with the default view, the one you currently hold] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Principle: Find a way to look at the data in such a way that it “collapses” or simplifies, revealing structure] -- .anti[Anti-principle: Look at the data in such a way that it becomes less compact or more complicated, obscuring structure] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Principle: Follow your hunches, intuition, and curiosity tenaciously until you reach a definitive conclusion] -- .anti[Anti-principle: Abandon hunches at the first sign of discouragement or difficulty. Be paralyzed by “black hat” thinking] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Principle: As evidence accumulates for a particular hypothesis, try to critique it more strongly, looking for holes] -- .anti[Anti-principle: Let your favorite hypothesis get an “easy pass”. View the evidence in best possible light ] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Principle: As the story solidifies, honestly assess the limits of what can be proven, what is suggested, and what is not clear] -- .anti[Anti-principle: Overreach your conclusions, and feel the wrath of the reviewers. Understate, and lose impact ] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Principle: Learn to see the natural silhouette of a unit of scientific progress] -- .anti[Anti-principle: Try to say too much, or too little, without telling a story ] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Principle: Come to terms with the fact that all units of scientific progress leave unanswered questions] -- .anti[Anti-principle: Strive to answer all possible questions, and therefore never finish anything ] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Principle: Tell the easy or “low-hanging fruit” story first, and then build on it] -- .anti[Anti-principle: Get lost in possibilities, or obsessed with the difficult stories ] --- class: left,top .toc[[✧](../index.html)] .principle[Skillful qualities: Objective, impartial, open, cautious, creative, nimble, fluid, determined, prudent, meticulous]