Class is, thank God, rapidly coming to an end. I am sure we are all grateful. Here’s an addendum to yesterday; but only briefly explained. Because of the crush of the end […]
Siena Presidential Scholar President Rankings: Are They Biased?
The Siena Research Institute asked 238 presidential scholars to rank each president from 1 (best) to worst (43) in nineteen different categories, plus one overall ranking. A complete list of the rankings […]
The Etiquette Of Hats (For Men)
The giants, and also the midgets, of fashion are chirruping that “Hats are backs!” These fine people, who are ever discovering new ways of cladding themselves in black, are wrong. Hats never […]
AMO+PDO = Temperature Variation: One Graph Does Not Says It All
Introduction Anthony Watts over at Watts Up With That?—incidentally, a blog title infinitely superior to “William M. Briggs, Statistician”—asked me to comment on Joe D’Aleo and Don Easterbrook’s new paper, “Multidecadal tendencies […]
Why So Many (Medical) Studies Based On Statistics Are Wrong
This was inspired by the (unfortunately titled) article Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science, publishing in this month’s Atlantic (thanks A&LD!). The article profiles the work of John Ioannidis, who has spent […]
What’s Wrong With Hypothesis Testing: Reader Question
I received this email from long-time reader Ivin Rhyne, which is so well put that I thought we should all see it (I’m quoting with permission): Matt, I just got back from […]
Bem, ESP, And Hypothesis Testing
Daryl Bem, Cornell professor of psychology, once again believes he has proven the validity of ESP (extra-sensory perception). Bem is a long-time researcher of the paranormal who once found notoriety by gluing […]
Model Selection and the Difficulty of Falsifying Probability Models: Part I
These next posts are in the way of being notes to myself. Logic is the study of the relation between statements. For example, if “All green men are irascible, and Bob is […]
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