We publish all papers that can be understood and are of value to the field. As anyone can see, our standards are rather low, but not absent.
Ahem! I would prefer to say our standards are "rather broad minded" or perhaps "forgiving."
Okay, it means the same thing, but the situation calls to mind Darrell Huff's observation in his immortal book "How To Lie With Statistics:"
"The fact is, despite its mathematical base, statistics is as much an art as it is a science. A great many manipulations and even distortions are possible within the bounds of propriety. Often the statistician must choose among methods, a subjective process, and find the one that he will use to represent the facts. In commercial practice he is about as unlikely to select an unfavorable method as a copywriter is to call his sponsor's product flimsy and cheap when he might as well say light and economical."
- Jed
