Editorial Note: I had this originally scheduled to go Monday, but due to Stream’s Creatorgate piece showing up yesterday, I delayed this by a day. I think I only have the email […]
His Majesty Every human society except one is stratified. The exception is the empire of William I, a small sand island that comes and goes by a remote and isolated bend in […]
There was in Munich last week a three-day workshop on the soul of science. According to Quanta Magazine, the conference was driven by George Ellis and Joe Silk who wrote a cri […]
Who said the UN doesn’t do anything useful? Courtesy of that august body, it’s World Statistics Day! Official statistics help decision makers develop informed policies that impact millions of people. Improved data […]
My mailbag is filling up. Today two questions from readers, both about statistics. Feel free to send yours in on any subject. Tomorrow is a doozy. Question 1 From reader Michael H. […]
Or, rather, wee p-values are idolized. And it isn’t just me saying so. Reader Dan Hughes points us to Gerd Gigerenzer and Julian Marewski’s peer-reviewed paper “Surrogate Science: The Idol of a […]
I received this query from a reader and thought it important enough for all of us to answer. I was hoping you could provide some advice for an aspiring statistician. I am […]
@A_NEVATHIR @Noahpinion @mattstat Sticking to logical probability doesn't tell us about the world, where do initial assignments come from?. — ?Deborah Mayo? (@learnfromerror) September 1, 2015 Short note today, because today, and […]
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