tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456348657596914237.post4098548132660448506..comments2024-03-29T01:19:46.849-04:00Comments on Eco-Evo Evo-Eco: What have you done for me lately?Ben Hallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875404974157070805noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456348657596914237.post-14031606060871241272018-05-16T03:45:06.647-04:002018-05-16T03:45:06.647-04:00Came across this post by accident - I share concer...Came across this post by accident - I share concerns about putting too much trust in metrics, but this specific argument doesn't convince me. <br /><br />It seems you are saying the metric is useless or invalid because it fluctuates - well, so does the annual temperature, but that doesn't mean that we can't infer trends (e.g. that the long-term trend is that it's getting warmer).<br /><br />If I want to use future citations as a criterion for hiring (I'm not saying that this is a good idea, but it seems your committee did), then I would think that looking at the time series is a logical starting point to get an estimate. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com