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Japanese Meltdown
No, not the reactors, the press. Ghouls, most of them. They always wish for the worst. The only class of people (besides Communists and morticians) for whom death not only…
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Group Differences: An Exceedingly Brief Introduction To Bayesian Predictive Inference
Read the first entry in this series. All of what follows will appear ridiculously obvious to those who have had no statistical training. Those who have must struggle. In a…
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Global Average Temperature: An Exceedingly Brief Introduction To Bayesian Predictive Inference
Update This post is mandatory reading for those discussing global average temperature. I mean it: exceedingly brief and given only with respect to a univariate time series, such as operationally…
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Global Average Temperature: What It Isn’t
Update See also: Global Average Temperature: An Exceedingly Brief Introduction To Bayesian Predictive Inference Word is going round that Richard Muller is leading a group of physicists, statisticians, and climatologists…
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Are Tree Rings Low Pass Temperature Filters?
I don't know the answer to this question: I am not an expert in this area, and I haven't the time or resources to track down the data to discover…
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The Pope And The Big Bang
It seemed to some that Pope Benedict claimed in this year's Epiphany sermon that modern science helps explain God's existence. "Contemplating [the universe] we are invited to read something profound…
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What’s Wrong With Hypothesis Testing: Reader Question
I received this email from long-time reader Ivin Rhyne, which is so well put that I thought we should all see it (I'm quoting with permission): Matt, I just got…
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The Great Global Warming Blunder by Roy W. Spencer
The Great Global Warming Blunder: How Mother Nature Fooled the World's Top Climate Scientists by Roy W. Spencer This book was given to me for review by the publisher. Clouds…