Comments on: A Bayesian Tries SLD http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/17/a-bayesian-tries-sld/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:20:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Kara & Michael’s Blog » SLD Day 6: Something is Happening http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/17/a-bayesian-tries-sld/#comment-152996 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:56:12 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/17/a-bayesian-tries-sld/#comment-152996 [...] Also, Seth Roberts linked to me (and called me a Bayesian, no less)! And to think I sent Robert Atkins all that fan mail and never got a response! [...] […] Also, Seth Roberts linked to me (and called me a Bayesian, no less)! And to think I sent Robert Atkins all that fan mail and never got a response! […]

]]> by: links for 2007-09-19 « Matthew Henty http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/17/a-bayesian-tries-sld/#comment-44365 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:31:32 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/17/a-bayesian-tries-sld/#comment-44365 [...] Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » A Bayesian Tries SLD (tags: bayesian Shangri-La-Diet selfexperimentation) [...] […] Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » A Bayesian Tries SLD (tags: bayesian Shangri-La-Diet selfexperimentation) […]

]]> by: Tom http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/17/a-bayesian-tries-sld/#comment-44248 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:09:15 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/17/a-bayesian-tries-sld/#comment-44248 Please do report, ideally on the forums...all data helps. Please do report, ideally on the forums…all data helps.

]]> by: 4d2 dot org » Blog Archive » SLD Day 6: Something is Happening http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/17/a-bayesian-tries-sld/#comment-44226 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:45:59 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/17/a-bayesian-tries-sld/#comment-44226 [...] Also, Seth Roberts linked to me (and called me a Bayesian, no less)! And to think I sent Robert Atkins all that fan mail and never got a response! [...] […] Also, Seth Roberts linked to me (and called me a Bayesian, no less)! And to think I sent Robert Atkins all that fan mail and never got a response! […]

]]> by: Blaise Pascal http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/17/a-bayesian-tries-sld/#comment-43988 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:37:18 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/17/a-bayesian-tries-sld/#comment-43988 I wonder how much of the success of SLD is reporting bias? I think people are more likely to say "I tried it, and it worked" than to say "I tried it, and it didn't work". Since the evidence for and against SLD's efficacy seems to be self-reported, a bias against saying it didn't work would artificially inflate its seeming success. (For the record, I have not previously reported that I weighted 275lb at the beginning of July when I started SLD, and 285 at the end of July when I stopped SLD. My experience is that SLD didn't work <em>for me</em>.) I wonder how much of the success of SLD is reporting bias? I think people are more likely to say “I tried it, and it worked” than to say “I tried it, and it didn’t work”. Since the evidence for and against SLD’s efficacy seems to be self-reported, a bias against saying it didn’t work would artificially inflate its seeming success.

(For the record, I have not previously reported that I weighted 275lb at the beginning of July when I started SLD, and 285 at the end of July when I stopped SLD. My experience is that SLD didn’t work for me.)

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