New proof (which wasn’t really need) that popular music is, as has long been claimed, been growing worse has arrived thanks to the diligent work of Joan Serrà and his colleagues in […]
Supplement For Your Tea
This is meant to clear up some confusion in the Lady Tasting Tea series, which featured a problem people hoped would be easy. Here are two possible outcomes, comparing the frequentist hypothesis […]
July 4th: It’s Summer And It’s Hot
[To be sung to the obvious tune] I have a sad story to tell you It might upset you a bit Last night I walked on the sidewalk And it was hot. […]
NASA Faked Moon Landing—Academic Psychologists Swoon, Tie It To Climate Change
One day a terrific psychological study is going to be written on the madness and mass lunacy which arose after climate change swam into the public’s ken. I don’t mean the actions […]
The Lady Tasting Tea: Bayes Versus Frequentism; Part II (update)
Read Part I: Again, the text (up to this part) has been corrected and expanded. Recall our overarching—our only—goal. We want to know whether the sweet old lady “has the ability” is […]
Are The Masters Winners Getting Younger And Better? Predictions Update
Update As of this writing, the 2012 Masters is halfway through, so it’s a good time to re-examine the predictions made last April for this year’s tournament. Scores have been on the […]
Why Reconstructed Temperatures Via Proxies Are Misleading
This is an edited and expanded re-post from last September; it makes a natural and needed companion to last week’s series on how to statistically handle temperature time series, particularly Part V. […]
The Probability Of Nonsense In Science: Complexity & Verification
This is a work in progress, and today is a busy day. This is just for fun and for you to play with. The more complex the field of study, the more […]
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