Statistics – Page 201 – William M. Briggs

Preface: The Philosophy of Probability and Statistics, An Introduction

%This is the Preface of The Philosophy of Probability and Statistics, An Introduction coming before Preface and before the chapters on Truth and Logic. Note the New & Improved title!…

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Is God’s Existence Confirmed By Prophecy Via Probability?

I came across a curious book by Marvin Bittinger, a mathematics educator, called The Faith Equation: One Mathematician's Journey in Christianity. I'm a sucker for books like this, which seek…

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On UFOs, Salt Intake, And Heart Disease

Michael "State of Fear" Crichton once proposed that UFOs were responsible for global warming. Why not? After all, something caused that record amount of snow in Detroit yesterday. Don't get…

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Government Per Capita Spending: Up, Up, And Away! Or, Happy Tax Day!

Here it is, folks. Right from WhiteHouse.gov. The amount of Federal Government spending per capita from 1901 to the present and projected out to 2019. Population projections were taken from…

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The Hot Hand: Statistical Fluke Or Genuine Article?

I'll save you hunting through the text. It's a real thing. If you want to know why, read on. If not, you just tell 'em W.M. Briggs sez so, which…

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Truth: Logic of Probability and Statistics

Here, as promised, is rough, incomplete, outline-only, not-yet-finished, gist-only version of Chapter 1, Truth, for the book tentatively titled The Philosophy of Probability and Statistics (I'm also toying with The…

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The Somebody-Might-Get-Hurt! Fallacy

Word is our beneficent government, which loves us and would not see us fall into harm, is working on a design for a system of chains to anchor both citizens…

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Boys’ Toys V. Girls’ Toys: Researchers Still Trying To Prove They’re The Same

Last Thursday I was at the warthog park at the butt end of 57th street on the East river, reading and enjoying the rare sunshine. Nannies and moms (mostly nannies)…

John M on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 16, 2026
For a long time, I though AI was short for Albert. I couldn't help myself. AI should be required to…
Hans Oberfell on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 16, 2026
There is an HR system that uses AI to blacklist people so they can nevwr get jobs. We need a…
joe smoe on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 16, 2026
AI is taking too long to collapse though so its causing economic damage. Increased price of computer components. Making it…
George Jameson on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 16, 2026
I don’t know Sarge but the part about gutting the legal profession did cause my ears to perk up…
Cary D Cotterman on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 16, 2026
It's sort of like covid, in that I don't worry as much about AI as I worry about AI hysteria…