There are many reasons why it is an honor and a pleasure to be here tonight. I first<br>had to deal with masses of data about people's behavior some 27 years ago - other masses have come along from time to time. Psychology, like all science, rests upon good data analysis as one of its foundations. Psychologists are conscious<br>of their data - sometimes, perhaps, too much so. For all these reasons I am glad to try to show you some of the broad aspects of data analysis as I presently see it.<br>First, three remarks:<br>1. Every field has data, and a need to analyze them.<br>2. The problems of different fields are much more alike than their practitioners think, much more alike than different.<br>3. Data analysis in psychology has a flavor of its own - but one much more due to psychologists than to their science.
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