# Never Forget the Data Generating Process Always be skeptical. Never forget the data generating process. Numbers, statistics, and in general mathematics can be used in a host of ways. However, *all of modeling and statistics (and their results)* are **conditional** on the underlying data generating process for the objects/entities they are meant to describe. --- Date: 20211107 Links to: [Big Ideas MOC](Big%20Ideas%20MOC.md) Tags: References: * []()