## Metadata - Author: [[roger-peng|Roger Peng]] - Full Title:: Narrative Failure in Data Analysis - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[Data analysis|Data analysis]], - URL:: https://simplystatistics.org/posts/2022-01-13-narrative-failure-in-data-analysis/ - Finished date:: [[2024-11-20]] ## Highlights > A narrative failure in a data analysis is a failure to justify the path chosen in the analysis vis a vis any number of plausible alternative paths that could have been taken. If those alternatives have not been ruled out, then a gap remains and the audience will be confused about why the alternative was not tried. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jcx50v2gv32ym2ekn10ta67v))