Homework #1: Answer part II

In part I, we learned that all surveys, and in fact all statistical models, are valid only conditionally on some population (or information). We went into nauseating detail of the…

Spanish Expedition

I have returned from Madrid, where the conference went moderately well. My part was acceptable, but I could have done a better job, which I'll explain in a moment. Iberia…

Shifting Baselines Syndrome

If you doubt any claim made about man-made global warming, Jennifer Jacquet thinks you are a "miscreant" and on par with those who deny that "smoking causes cancer." She also…