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I’ve Been Promoted!
Austin Ruse kindly sent me a note to tell me George Gilder referenced Uncertainty in the introduction to his new book, Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and…
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How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part VIII — Starting Stan
Review! You must at least review the first lessons---all class material is on one page for ease. I'll have more words about the mysticism of simulation, but I've said it…
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Math Paper Scuttled By Angry Feminists & Frightened Effeminates: With Critique of the Paper Itself
First, I confess angry feminists and frightened effeminates are grammatical tautologies on the order of unmarried bachelor, but I plead artistic license. These words, while logically flawed, are more arresting.…
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That Paper About Hiring Chief Diversity Officers At Universities
The paper is "The Impact of Chief Diversity Officers on Diverse Faculty Hiring" by Steven W. Bradley, James R. Garven, Wilson W. Law, and James E. West. (Thanks to John…
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How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part VII New (Free) Software Tobit Regression
Previous post in the series (or click above on Class). REVIEW! Download the code: mcmc.pred.R, mcmc.pred.examples.R. If you downloaded before, download again. This is version 0.3! Only the example code…
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Let’s Talk About Q Again — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell
We talked about Q a little bit a few months ago but it's time for a second look. Since late October 2017, Q has been communicating with members of the…
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Does It Mean I’m Psychic?
Years ago I wrote and self-published for fun the book So, You Think You're Psychic? You can download a free PDF of it on the Books page. There's nothing wrong…
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How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part VI New (Free) Software Poisson Regression
Previous post in the series (or click above on Class). REVIEW! Download the code: mcmc.pred.R, mcmc.pred.examples.R. If you downloaded before, download again. This is version 0.22! Only the example code…