PrimeStata Series

Research & Methods

PrimeStata perspectives on measurement, research design, scientific reasoning, and defensible inference in analytics and AI.

Series Overview

Research and methodological perspectives for organizations that need to distinguish data availability from evidence quality and analytical sophistication from defensible inference.

This collection includes original PrimeStata thought leadership by Russell Steiner on measurement, analytics, and scientific reasoning for organizational decisions.

Articles in This Series

Research & Methods · Article

Data Science Has a Science Problem

Why data abundance, sophisticated analytics, and AI cannot replace sound measurement, scientific reasoning, and defensible inference.

August 10, 2026 · 9 min read · Russell Steiner
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Research & Methods · Article

Quitting Is Not the Opposite of Perseverance

Sometimes persistence means continuing. Sometimes it means recognizing that the path itself needs to change.

September 15, 2026 · 12 min read · Russell Steiner
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