A group of us put some hard questions to the Netherlands Council of State, asking how they knew there was a nitrogen “crisis.” Yes, this is about political matters in a far-off […]
Since many won’t believe it: NEW: Biden admin considering nationwide ban on gas stoves – Bloomberg report — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) January 9, 2023 And in a remarkable coincidence, this also came […]
Contributor William Raynor sets us a task: Hi Matt, …I’d still like to see if you can write a column about what an empirical p-value really is without mentioning the word probability. […]
This week traditionally is a slow week on the blog, so let me have a go at explaining something I’ve explained a few hundred times before, a thing which has not yet […]
This is part II of contributor William Raynor’s request at defining p-values without using the word probability. This assumes you read and assimilated Part I. First, a clarification from Ryanor: A context […]
Seventy-some researcher groups were given identical data, and asked to investigate an identical question. The groups did not communicate. Details are in the paper “Observing Many Researchers Using the Same Data and […]
We have discussed before (and in detail here) how Fisher, inventor of the wee P of which scientists boast (“Look how small my P is!” shouted the excited scientist), was deeply influenced […]
A toxin, as the redoubtable reader undoubtedly knows, is a poison. And a poison, says Mr Webster, is that which causes “morbid, noxious, or deadly effects”. People who ingest or breath toxic, […]
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