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: peer-reviewed
  • Page 27
New Paper: Parameter-Centric Analysis Grossly Exaggerates Certainty
Posted inStatistics

New Paper: Parameter-Centric Analysis Grossly Exaggerates Certainty

By moi as well. Paper link. Abstract: The reason probability models are used is to characterize uncertainty in observables. Typically, certainty in the parameters of fitted models based on their…
Read More
New Paper: Don’t Test, Decide — Updated: Now With Paper Link!
Posted inStatistics

New Paper: Don’t Test, Decide — Updated: Now With Paper Link!

Paper link. By moi. Abstract: There is no reason to use traditional hypothesis testing. If one's goal is to assess past performance of a model, then a simple measure or…
Read More
The Political Corruption Of Science — Sex Assigned At Birth Edition
Posted inStatistics

The Political Corruption Of Science — Sex Assigned At Birth Edition

A peer-reviewed paper that caused a ripple in awareness before Christmas is worth investigating. Outlets ran headlines like this: "Trans children sense their gender identities at young ages, study suggests."…
Read More
On That Climate-Change-Now-Detectable-From-Any-Single-Day-Of-Weather Paper
Posted inStatistics

On That Climate-Change-Now-Detectable-From-Any-Single-Day-Of-Weather Paper

The peer-reviewed paper is "Climate change now detectable from any single day of weather at global scale" by Sippel and Knutti an others in Nature: Climate Change. Look at that…
Read More
Science Retracts Paper That Claimed Black Babies Born Smaller Because Of Police Violence
Posted inStatistics

Science Retracts Paper That Claimed Black Babies Born Smaller Because Of Police Violence

See this peer-reviewed, but then-retracted, paper "Police violence and the health of black infants" by some person calling his- or herself Joscha Legewie? After it was peer reviewed by knowledgeable…
Read More
Ladies’ STEM Research: How Physics WILL Be Redefined
Posted inCulture

Ladies’ STEM Research: How Physics WILL Be Redefined

Back in the late 1960s and into the 1970s, universities were desirous of increasing the number of non-males on their faculties. They didn't have to do this, but the leadership…
Read More
The Last Two Research Studies Ever
Posted inStatistics

The Last Two Research Studies Ever

Bad news is that there won't be any news studies for us to pick on. With the two papers presented below, all scientific research has officially come to a close.…
Read More
Harvard Claims CO2 Makes You Stupid
Posted inStatistics

Harvard Claims CO2 Makes You Stupid

You must be pretty dumb. Not the royal "you". You as in you, dear reader. This isn't me saying it. This is Harvard. Our best university, and therefore our best…
Read More

Posts pagination

Previous page 1 … 25 26 27 28 29 … 61 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 1,324 other subscribers
Tweets
My Tweets
  1. The Errors of Mr. Coffin on the PP signature and Apostolic Blessings – Roma Locuta Est on Munus, Ministerium & Pope Emeritus Benedict — Guest Post by Fr John RickertMay 16, 2026

    […] However, for the record I will note that myself and others (e.g., Ryan Grant, and Fr. John Rickert, HERE…

  2. John Pate on The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?May 14, 2026

    You haven't given any information the beast sizes of the women involved, this being an important factor (as demonstrated by…

  3. JRob on The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!May 14, 2026

    Wow, Wow, Wow! Someone else used the exaggeration method! Years ago I tried to figure out the Monte Hall problem…

  4. McChuck on The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!May 13, 2026

    There is a simpler, less math-intensive solution that gives the same answer. Knowing that it doesn't take two men to…

  5. R W Pearson on The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?May 12, 2026

    This is easy, go in the door he came out. Worse case only one young scold to give you a…

Categories
  • Book review
  • Class
  • Culture
  • Fun
  • Philosophy
  • Podcast
  • SAMT
  • Statistics
Archives
Meta
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • RSS - Posts
  • RSS - Comments
May 2026
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Apr    
Copyright 2026 — William M. Briggs. All rights reserved. Bloglo WordPress Theme
Scroll to Top