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National Post says statisticians needed too
Canada's National Post, in a piece from a little more than a year ago, made a call for more statisticians to be involved in climate change research, much as the…
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Statisticians global warming plea: don’t forget about us!
Who doesn't love to read about statistics and statisticians? That's a rhetorical question, my friends, so don't bother answering. But I will allude to an answer, by telling you that…
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Ralph Peters gets his stats right: the New York Times purposely misleads
I'm a veteran and haven't killed anybody in years. But if you read the New York Times you'd be right to worry that I might. The Sunday, 13 January 2008,…
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What can we learn about global warming from poor reporting?
From today's Syndney Morning Herald comes the headline: "Global warming to impact health". First, by impact the reporter almost certainly means influence, a more accurate, but far less energetic and…
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First documented casualty of anthropogenic global warming
It may finally be time to start worrying. The horrible effects of global warming look to have begun It is estimated that at the Battle of the Somme in World…
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Climatologists are nice people
Most warm weekends, you can find me in Central Park by the Tavern on the Green playing the beautiful game of petanque. This is the French version of bocci, only…
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Reality overtakes satire once more: a legal joke goes by the board
You've heard the joke about the boy on trial for killing his parents using the argument that the judge should be lenient because he was, after all, an orphan? Well,…
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The Lancet’s poorly choosen statistics
The Wall Street Journal opinion page has an article about a "study" appearing in the prestigious journal Lancet that purports to estimate the number of deaths in the Iraqi war.…