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Funnily enough, I am writing an article about this now.

FYI I don't think its right to say "forget means, medians, percentiles, etc." They are hugely useful.

You just have to note that they aren't everything. As you've noted, only the raw data is everything.

But the raw data isn't everything either, it's usually just a sample. The analysis of it is there to explain what the data means.

If you're saying that people should provide the full data along with their analysis, I fully agree! But if you're saying "skip the analysis", then unfortunately I, and most people, are not statistically educated enough to do all the analysis ourselves.

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