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Broken Science Initiative Event — 18 February, Phoenix

By Briggs on February 3, 2023 • ( 6 Comments )

What Can You Replace P-Values & Hypothesis Testing With, Especially When Computing Sample Sizes?

By Briggs on February 2, 2023 • ( 9 Comments )

It Was Always Clear Masks Don’t Work In Stopping Respiratory Viruses

By Briggs on February 1, 2023 • ( 38 Comments )

Coronadoom Misinformation Model Says What It Was Told To Say

By Briggs on January 31, 2023 • ( 13 Comments )

How To Gamble If You Must

By Briggs on January 30, 2023 • ( 6 Comments )

Pfizer’s Gain-Of-Lethality Research Sting: Clown-World Contagion Comedy

By Briggs on January 27, 2023 • ( 24 Comments )

DANCES WITHOUT FEATHERS: II of III

By Briggs on August 9, 2009 • ( 2 Comments )

Part I Part III PDF DANCES WITHOUT FEATHERS: Part II of III Now before you accuse me of anything, I like ballet. Not to watch it, that’s as dull as listening to […]

DANCES WITHOUT FEATHERS: I of III

By Briggs on August 7, 2009 • ( 8 Comments )

In celebration of my having work, I present something that requires no thinking (on my part).   Part II Part III PDF DANCES WITHOUT FEATHERS Part I of III Kick…two, three, four…twist…six, […]

At ASA/ISM Joint Statistical Meetings

By Briggs on August 4, 2009 • ( 13 Comments )

Link. Watch this space for stories. (Updates to comments on other posts will be slow.) Update: Tuesday night. This story, sent in by Jim D., is a must read. Statistical poetry! “I […]

The Sad Decline in Music: Benny Goodman vs. House Music

By Briggs on August 4, 2009 • ( 16 Comments )

Part I: Cole Porter vs. The Beatles Part II: Billy Strayhorn vs. Drake I apologize for the slowness in the appearance of this third battle, but I have just been released from […]

Models, theories, consistency, and truth

By Briggs on August 1, 2009 • ( 21 Comments )

Ready? Put on your best straight face, recall that global temperatures have not increased for a decade, and that it’s actually been getting cooler, then repeat with Brenda Ekwurzel, of the Union […]

Coin, queries, and screening

By Briggs on July 30, 2009 • ( 5 Comments )

Work has caught up with me yet again, so here are three interesting stories to wile the time away. The probability of a coin flip Reader Ari Schwartz sent in this link, […]

An internet success story: Shakedown by Ezra Levant

By Briggs on July 28, 2009 • ( 10 Comments )

Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights by Ezra Levant M&S Recommendation: Buy if you want to slip Levant a Loonie, or go to his web […]

Taking stock in the track: horse races and brokerages

By Briggs on July 25, 2009 • ( 25 Comments )

This column was inspired by an interview I did with sports reporter Mark McGuire at the Albany Times Union. His story, in anticipation of the Saratoga races, can be found here. The […]

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