Statistics – Page 146 – William M. Briggs

A Coincidence: Coyne Zinged Me Before I Him — Or, The Coyne Fallacy Redux

After posting yesterday's article, Jerry Coyne Doesn't Have Free Will (poor fellow), I immediately saw hits coming to my place from Coyne's. It turned out that, unbeknownst to me, the…

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Predictions For 2017—Register Yours Today!

Once more unto the breach! We did well last year, but we had the advantage of a neat unambiguous set of predictions all could make, i.e. the United States primaries…

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How’d We Do On Our 2016 Predictions?

This was an interesting year because we had a general dichotmous proposition of interest to many; or rather, two. Who would win the (Republican) primary and who would win the…

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The Politicization Of Science Organizations: The Firing Of Michael Lubell

What might pass for a small item reveals much about the state of science, and in particular about science organizations. The stately American Physical Society, a political-scientific, or scientific-political, or…

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Scott Adams’s Climate Science Challenge

Scott Adams's Climate Science Challenge is of interest---thanks to reader Francsois for bringing it to our attention---because of his name-brand recognition. Here is the gist: So today's challenge is to…

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Some Statistics On What The Sexual Rebellion Wraught

I'm always complaining of statistics gone awry, but a constant diet of bad news can lead to bad things, like a desire to listen to NPR or to use PowerPoint.…

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Mathematical Association of America Reviews Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics

William J. Satzer at the Mathematical Association of America reviewed Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics. Here it is (ellipsis below original). This is a book about probability…

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Stream: Who’s Better At Playing Doctor, Boys Or Girls?

Stream: Who's Better At Playing Doctor, Boys Or Girls? The NBC News story "Female Doctors Outperform Male Doctors, According to Study" makes these bold claims. Patients treated by women are…

Cloudbuster on The Superpower You Didn’t Know You HadOctober 20, 2025
Of course, the stuff in the library is not free. It is paid for by you and me. Part of…
Cary Cotterman on The Superpower You Didn’t Know You HadOctober 20, 2025
I like how the robot men have little robot ears and robot scowls.
Cary Cotterman on The Superpower You Didn’t Know You HadOctober 20, 2025
My wife likes "The Great British Baking Show". In a couple of weeks, as soon as that's done, we're axing…
Brian (bulaoren) on The Superpower You Didn’t Know You HadOctober 20, 2025
What was it that Nancy Reagan used to say...? Anyhow, for most of my 20 years in China, I did…
Tars Tarkas on The Superpower You Didn’t Know You HadOctober 20, 2025
The problem with the library is fiction has turned into a female SJW cesspool. I especially like science fiction and…