Skip to content
Why Aren't You Taking The Class?
Work on books progresses. But slowly
William M. Briggs

Statistician to the Stars!

  • Home
  • Books
  • About
  • Classic Posts
  • THE CLASS
  • Home
  • Books
  • About
  • Classic Posts
  • THE CLASS
  • Home
  • Search results for: fallacy
  • Page 11
Last Call For Alcohol-Cancer Papers
Posted inStatistics

Last Call For Alcohol-Cancer Papers

Time (sigh) for yet another example of the scrofulous, not to say ubiquitous, Epidemiologist Fallacy. This is peer-reviewed-paper generating technique of declaring X CAUSES Y, but where X is never…
Read More
Class 68: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The WRONG Way
Posted inStatistics

Class 68: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The WRONG Way

Be sure to review the RIGHT way from last week. Today, of the infinite number of ways to go sour, we look at one common way modeling goes awry. Video…
Read More
Class 67: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The Right Way
Posted inStatistics

Class 67: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The Right Way

If you cite, enjoy, or create "research" or "studies", this post is a must. I've eschewed all math (given next time in The Wrong Way) and focused entirely on the…
Read More
In Which I Shockingly Agree With Sabine That Most Science Is Of Little Or No Value
Posted inStatistics

In Which I Shockingly Agree With Sabine That Most Science Is Of Little Or No Value

Given Sabine's penchant for posting overly shocked thumbnails for her video splash-screens, I present this equivalent dramatic image. I like to tease Sabine Hossenfelder, especially when she chooses to inform…
Read More
Class 65: A Last Plea Never To Use Or Trust Statistical Evidence Like This
Posted inStatistics

Class 65: A Last Plea Never To Use Or Trust Statistical Evidence Like This

My last attempt to you convince you to think logically about evidence and reject P-values. Video https://youtu.be/Jj8MIUmzQzU Links: YouTube * Twitter - X * Rumble * Bitchute * Class Page…
Read More
Class 63: My Correlation Is Causation Because My P Is Wee
Posted inStatistics

Class 63: My Correlation Is Causation Because My P Is Wee

It would be a good joke to conclude "If Pr(Data we didn't see | Cause false) is small then Cause is true", but it isn't. People believe it. Peers review…
Read More
On The Cult Of The Victim & Why We Must Reject It
Posted inStatistics

On The Cult Of The Victim & Why We Must Reject It

I am not enough of a historian to say whether the Cult of the Victim forms in every dying civilization, but it sure has in ours. A Victim group is…
Read More
Lying Increases Trust In Science, Says Academic
Posted inStatistics

Lying Increases Trust In Science, Says Academic

The title today is identical to the peer-reviewed paper of the same name in Theory and Society by BVE Hyde. Hyde begins: "This study begins by outlining the transparency paradox:…
Read More

Posts pagination

Previous page 1 … 9 10 11 12 13 … 68 Next page
Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,322 other subscribers
Tweets
My Tweets
  1. The True Nolan on University of California Prof Tries To Save System From DIEingJuly 20, 2026

    ?I used to know a guy who didn't speak German. But that didn't stop him from sounding like he spoke…

  2. spetzer86 on Believing In God Makes You Crave Potato Chips, Say AcademicsJuly 20, 2026

    How are hash browns "ultra-processed"? They are essentially baked potatoes that were shredded and then fried until their collective exteriors…

  3. Jethro Rusticus on Believing In God Makes You Crave Potato Chips, Say AcademicsJuly 20, 2026

    Alternative interpretation of the data: Believing in God mKes you less depressed so you eat rather than starve yourself like…

  4. John W. Garrett on The Equality ParadoxJuly 20, 2026

    In the 20th century, it was quite easy to tell who the liars of Wall Street were. They all wore…

  5. Hun on The Equality ParadoxJuly 20, 2026

    This is prole drift. In the past, the ruling class consisted of people who had to fight or have some…

Categories
  • Book review
  • Class
  • Culture
  • Fun
  • Philosophy
  • Podcast
  • SAMT
  • Statistics
Archives
Meta
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • RSS - Posts
  • RSS - Comments
July 2026
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« Jun    
Copyright 2026 — William M. Briggs. All rights reserved. Bloglo WordPress Theme
Scroll to Top