Statistics – Page 322 – William M. Briggs

How to Exaggerate Your Results: Case study #1

In the Tuesday, 6 November 2007 edition of the Wall Street Journal, Pfizer took out a full-page ad encouraging people to "Ask your doctor" about Lipitor, a drug which claims…

Briggs on Class 72: Most Claims Of “Controlled For” Are Wrong: The Wrong WayNovember 20, 2025
Willis, Sure, you can change the model to remove the probability leakage. Careful modelers would. The vast majority would not,…
William Ward Eschenbach on Class 72: Most Claims Of “Controlled For” Are Wrong: The Wrong WayNovember 20, 2025
As usual, most fascinating. This may be a foolish question, but since the minimum score is 200, what happens if…
KGB on Black Women Can’t Do Physics As Well As White Men, Says ResearcherNovember 20, 2025
And if my aunt had balls...
Andy on Black Women Can’t Do Physics As Well As White Men, Says ResearcherNovember 20, 2025
Did you not write about this in 2019? https://www.wmbriggs.com/post/28755/
JH on Class 72: Most Claims Of “Controlled For” Are Wrong: The Wrong WayNovember 20, 2025
Two basic points. (1) Predictions made beyond the range of observed data are unreliable. Just as political extrapolations, these predictions…