4.1.2004  More on File-Sharing Study  After a couple of hours spent on the recent study on file sharing and CD sales (see March 30), I cannot make sense of it. I cannot tell what hypothesis was tested, and the methodology remains totally opaque. Not being a statistician, such works are often beyond my ken, but usually I can figure out the basics -- theory, assumptions, hypothesis, approach. On this one, I can't. So I would like to invite, or perhaps challenge is a better word, those journalists, such as WaPo, and bloggers, such as Glenn Reynolds (March 30, item #5), who trumpeted the results to explain the study to me. I will be delighted to post any answers so people can laugh at my ignorance. posted by James DeLong : 4/1/2004 08:28:27 AM   IPcentral WebLog Blog Main Recent Posts   Database Protection Sauce for the Gander Department Catchup on NYT v. The National Debate Asking the Right Question Lessig & DeLong Debate Programmers and Open Source Software More on the NYT/National Debate copyright controversy And in This Corner -- Ink vs. Photon IP as Capital: Yoda Speaks The Wealth of (Creative) Nations Archives by Month   December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 Links   PFF Blog

	4.1.2004  More on File-Sharing Study  After a couple of hours spent on the recent study on file sharing and CD sales (see March 30), I cannot make sense of it. I cannot tell what hypothesis was tested, and the methodology remains totally opaque. Not being a statistician, such works are often beyond my ken, but usually I can figure out the basics -- theory, assumptions, hypothesis, approach. On this one, I can't. So I would like to invite, or perhaps challenge is a better word, those journalists, such as WaPo, and bloggers, such as Glenn Reynolds (March 30, item #5), who trumpeted the results to explain the study to me. I will be delighted to post any answers so people can laugh at my ignorance. posted by James DeLong : 4/1/2004 08:28:27 AM   IPcentral WebLog Blog Main Recent Posts   Database Protection Sauce for the Gander Department Catchup on NYT v. The National Debate Asking the Right Question Lessig & DeLong Debate Programmers and Open Source Software More on the NYT/National Debate copyright controversy And in This Corner -- Ink vs. Photon IP as Capital: Yoda Speaks The Wealth of (Creative) Nations Archives by Month   December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 Links   PFF Blog