tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post3607457062408147637..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: The Total Consumption Model fails againChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-48219961732730636912013-09-04T23:31:04.697+01:002013-09-04T23:31:04.697+01:00Yes, well it was always bollocks - another example...Yes, well it was always bollocks - another example of the epistemological inadequacies of the 'public health' sociologists. For the most part it barely occurred to them that the correlation (cross-sectional or temporal)between the proportion of heavy drinkers/alcoholics and mean consumption was a simple tautology.<br />When they tried to investigate this (Rose & Day http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1664038/) they f***ed up the stats. So as I say - it was always bollocks but it's encouraging to see that a few other people are recognising that.Vovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01823050600809389492noreply@blogger.com