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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.…
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U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Skeptical Climate Scientists
The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works has released an addendum to its list of 400-plus scientists who express some level of skepticism about man-made global warming. I…
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Hurricanes have not increased: misuse of running means
Most statistics purporting to show that there has been an increase in hurricanes do not use the best statistical methods. I want to highlight one particular method that is often…