The declining popularity of the World Series
Media firm Magna research today published its estimates of the audiences for the World Series from 1991. They broke the data down by audience per game in each series (of…
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Stinky Tofu
It's time for a science experiment! In a large plastic bag, collect the following: the solid bits from the kitty litter, or the equivalent output from Fido, a week's worth…
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Oops — Inadvertent post: Odd NIH Grant
There was supposed to be something here about oddly named NIH grants. But this morning I hit "Publish" inadvertently and failed to recognize it until now. To make up for…
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England, Where Everybody’s a Paedophile
Potentially. Everybody's a paedophile potentially. That slogan has been adopted lustily in Merrie Olde England. The beauty of it, as I have often maintained, is that it is a true…
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When zombies were scary
Ronald Reagan said that the ten scariest words in the English language are "Hello, I'm from the government and I'm here to help." In terms of sheer mayhem and spirited…
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Podcast Lecture #4: Understanding Statistics and Probability
[podcast]https://www.wmbriggs.com/audio/wmbriggs_com_lecture_0004.mp3[/podcast] Today's lecture: Format change The regular and statistics podcasts are undergoing some changes. Stay tuned to this page for details. Today's show is a little rushed because of this.…
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The “Statisticians: ‘Global Cooling’ a Myth” story
"J'accuse! A statistician may prove anything with his nefarious methods. He may even say a negative number is positive! You cannot trust anything he says." Sigh. Unfortunately, this oft-hurled charge…
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Briggs and Big Oil
The closest I come to "Big Oil" is when I create my spécialité de la maison: bacon-olive-oil confit. Incidentally, that's the only way to cook this miracle pig meat---frying removes…
