Statistics – Page 266 – William M. Briggs

“Hand me that ice pack, stat! He has global warming sickness!“, Or, The ED and the Coming Heat Wave

Warning: I don't write the headlines of stories that link here. First, I checked. Nobody uses "stat" in emergency rooms anymore. A chief told me that he couldn't remember the…

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Poem Code Challenge Hint

In the last post, reader George suggested a challenge to see whether or not short poem codes would be easy to "break"; that is, decrypt without access to the original…

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You were right, Ted Kennedy

One day in 1973, in his squeaky, pickled-vocal-chords baritone Ted Kennedy filled the Senate chamber with these words: "Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or…

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DANCES WITHOUT FEATHERS: III of III

Part I Part II PDF DANCES WITHOUT FEATHERS: I of III Part III of III The climb was steep at times, but I managed to haul my carcass to the…

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DANCES WITHOUT FEATHERS: II of III

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…

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DANCES WITHOUT FEATHERS: I of III

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,…

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At ASA/ISM Joint Statistical Meetings

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…

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Models, theories, consistency, and truth

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…

Incitadus on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 23, 2024
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Incitadus on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 23, 2024
I voted for Trump twice but I always had a bad feeling about him being the greatest psy-op of all…
Chaeremon on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 23, 2024
when you see the irreparable cracks in some building, you can only save what is obviously usable. P.S. same Uniparty-behavior…
Mike Doster on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 23, 2024
This has been just as rampant in all my 73 years as now. It's useful to think about the giants…
JerryR on Class 3: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Belief & FaithApril 23, 2024
No comments? Well Briggs has presented gobbledygook so I can understand. I have never seen a serious discussion of JTB…