Statistics – Page 27 – William M. Briggs

Diversity Is Not Always Desirable Part III

Diversity Is Not Always Desirable Parts I, II, III, IV Race, whether or not it can be successfully defined biologically, is clearly important. People, even the non-sincere, at least act…

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Do Conservatives Distrust Science More Than Liberals?

Science versus Scientism That, anyway, is the latest question making the rounds in the science wars. The simplistic answer, the one de rigueur on campuses and newsrooms, is "Yes." Why,…

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Oscar Predictions: Money, Men, & Maturity Make The Difference

Last year, my number two son1 and I created a model to predict the Oscar winning movie (the original post, and the follow up). We found the following characteristics most…

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Should Scientists Be Held Legally Responsible for Their Results?

That title is lifted from Popular Science's brief article. The idea is that scientists---as philosopher Christopher Essex reminded me, just like doctors and accountants and businessmen and engineers and everybody…

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Low IQ & Liberal Beliefs Linked To Poor Research?

Watch out Sam Harris, Gordon Hodson and Michael A. Busseri of Brock University are giving you competition for the worst use of statistics in an original paper. Their "Bright Minds…

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The Great Bayesian Switch

Update: See this post on the definition of confidence and credible intervals. Submitted for your approval, a new paper. A polemic describing in nascent terms the paradise that awaits us…

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Predictions For 2011. How’d We do?

Last January 1st I asked for everybody to provide verifiable predictions for the year. Time for reckoning! Tomorrow I'll ask us to provide predictions for 2012, so hold off on…

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Something To Be Thankful For: Climategate 2.0

Thanks to Mr, or Mrs, Anonymous, that generous individual who has graced us with a new batch of emails from the world's top climate scientists. These new missives are guaranteed…

Thousands of Millions to be Eased | contrary2belief on Academics: Achieve Sustainability by Easing Population to 4 Billion by 2200August 7, 2026
[…] William M. Briggs, Statistician to the Stars identifies the easing of morals and ethics in academia. […]
Johnno on Academics: Achieve Sustainability by Easing Population to 4 Billion by 2200August 7, 2026
Any volunteers to contribute to the easing? Hello? Anyone...?
Fubsy on Academics: Achieve Sustainability by Easing Population to 4 Billion by 2200August 6, 2026
We can call it "The Great Easement"
C-Marie on Academics: Achieve Sustainability by Easing Population to 4 Billion by 2200August 6, 2026
Knowingly, or not, they are writing of the coming New World Order in which they will not include the Triune…
Cary Cotterman on Academics: Achieve Sustainability by Easing Population to 4 Billion by 2200August 6, 2026
The population is (according to the paper) about four times what it was a century ago. As we know, the…