Statistics – Page 278 – William M. Briggs

Tolkien Wants A King, Cheating With Statistics

Cheating With Statistics Reader Matt Lewis points us to Planet Moron, to an article which tears apart a statistical argument used by the Washington Post, an argument which sought to…

Culture Statistics

Peer Review Fails? Sympathetic Priest? What’s Going On Here?

Duke Scores Another Own Goal According to Science, Duke University oncologist Anil Potti quit after being caught cheating: Anil Potti had published papers in prominent journals identifying gene signatures in…

Culture Statistics

The Government Loves You And Wants You To Stop Smoking

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking…

Culture Statistics

College Students More Loquacious Than Erudite: Vocabulary Test Results

The results of the Great Vocabulary Test of 2010 are in. Two weeks ago, in this thread, after announcing my surprise that no student in any of my classes knew…

Statistics

TSA Cops A Feel: More Bad Statistics

As far as I can discover, Janet "There's Nothing To See Here" Napolitano's newly created policy of feeling up and peeking under the skirts of random airline passengers has not…

Culture Statistics

Texting Leads To Sexting…Leads To Bad Television

Researchers Find What they find is a way to publish yet another study documenting what everybody already knew. According to this article, sent in by reader Jack Mosevich, researchers have…

Statistics

Mandatory National Standards For Salt Content Coming To A Government Near You

What's better: (A) voluntarily reducing your salt intake, or (B) having the government mandate that you do so? Naturally, if you don't opt for A, you get B, which we…

Culture Philosophy Statistics

Eliminating Randomness Reduces Need For God And Increases Belief In Evolution

Caution! The experiment I'm about to explain might increase your belief in God. It should only be attempted by academics who are immune to such deleterious effects. Got a pair…

KGB on The Perfect Conspiracy TheoryDecember 1, 2025
It reminds me of the comedian Vince Champ, and Norm Macdonald's summation of Vince's habit of raping college students while…
JH on The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie TomorrowDecember 1, 2025
Infinity is neither a number nor something measurable.
Cloudbuster on The Perfect Conspiracy TheoryDecember 1, 2025
Once Garth Brooks killed a man to help cover up the Moon landing hoax.
Tars Tarkas on The Perfect Conspiracy TheoryDecember 1, 2025
While I am generally not one drawn to conspiracies, it's not like they are uncommon. Conspiracy is probably in the…
McChuck on The Perfect Conspiracy TheoryDecember 1, 2025
In my previous employment with the federal government, I had to travel a lot, all over the world. The number…