m-clark / book-of-models

Spells for everyday living. (also a book coming out in 2024)
https://m-clark.github.io/book-of-models/
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Where can we best advise on things not to do? #42

Open m-clark opened 3 months ago

m-clark commented 3 months ago

It would be useful in particular chapters or as part of the 'misc/more models chapter' to have some kindly worded "don't do this" or or otherwise problematic stuff. For example, stepwise regression, just going with p-value result/ignoring prediction, mean imputation, ignoring uncertainty, attributing causal effects where not warranted, ignoring baselines, using old models that are no longer necessary, etc.

m-clark commented 3 months ago

as of now, there is a 'danger zone' chapter under development