As I try to track down the RSS problem, here’s some things to read… * Longtime reader Bernie Cullen recommends this analysis over at Pielke Jr’s place on those Australian fires. * […]
If Baby cries then we beat him
(This post is only a teaser, a brief introduction to the late philosopher David Stove’s philosophy of logic. I do not intend that today’s article will convince anybody. I do not have […]
A day in the life of a statistician
24 March 2009 3:01 am. Up. Not that I want to be, but I am. I have to give a lecture at 6:30 am to a bunch of surgical residents. But since […]
Can You Read My Mind?
Ghosts, ESP, telekinesis, astrology, and other assorted oddities are back in view. One of the “SyFy” channel’s most popular series is a show about hunting apparitions. The movie Men Who Stare at […]
The strange insignificance of statistical significance
Who is more likely to support the death penalty: college undergraduates from a “nationally-ranked Midwestern university with an enrollment of slightly more than 20,000” majoring in social work, or those majoring in […]
Dahn-Yoga Touted “Peer-Reviewed Study” Stinks
I have been asked to write this review by a party who wishes to remain anonymous because of the fear of reprisal. See this article for background. Also this. Dahn yoga might […]
Predictive Statistics: GPA Case Study, Part I
Read Part II : Download the Quirk’s article. Predictive statistics differs from classical (frequentist and Bayesian) practices because it focuses on observables and not metaphysical entities. Observables are the data we can […]
Predictive Statistics: GPA Case Study, Part II
Read Part I : Download the Quirk’s article. To understand why ordinary regression assumptions are bad, we need to look at some (new data) scenarios. Suppose that Bob had a HGPA of […]
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