Thanks gwern! Jaynes is the original source of the height example, though I read it years ago and did not have the reference handy. I wrote this recently after realizing (1) the fallacy is standard practice in meta-analysis and (2) there is a straightforward better approach.
Thanks gwern! Jaynes is the original source of the height example, though I read it years ago and did not have the reference handy. I wrote this recently after realizing (1) the fallacy is standard practice in meta-analysis and (2) there is a straightforward better approach.