alt Hacker News“ If your x noise was greater than your y noise, you generally wouldn't bother taking the measurement in the first place.”
Why not? You could still do inference in this case.
“ If your x noise was greater than your y noise, you generally wouldn't bother taking the measurement in the first place.”
Why not? You could still do inference in this case.
You could, and maybe sometimes you would, but generally you won't. If at all possible, it makes a lot more sense to improve your setup to reduce the x noise, either with a better setup or changing your x to be something you can better control.