Chapter 4 Week 1 - Reading questions

Reference

Smaldino, P. E. (2017). Models are stupid, and we need more of them. Computational social psychology, 311-331.

SKIP PAGES 322 - 327

Questions

1. What are the differences between a “verbal model” and a “formal model?”
2. As explained in the paragraph “A Brief Note on Statistical Models,” formal models are not the same as statistical models. Still, we can learn a lot from Smaldino’s approach. Write down three insights from this paper that you would like to apply to your statistical modelling during this course, and discuss with your learning group.