It was one of those days yesterday. I got two chapters up, but did not give anybody a way to get them! Here it is These are the last two “basics” Chapters. […]
Why most statistics don’t mean what you think they do: Part II.
In Part I of this post, we started with a typical problem: which of two advertising campaigns was “better” in terms of generating more sales. Campaigns A and B were each tested […]
Why most statistics don’t mean what you think they do: Part I.
Here’s a common, classical statistics problem. Uncle Ted’s chain of Kill ’em and Grill ’em Venison Burgers tested two ad campaigns, A and B, and measured the sales of sausage sandwiches for […]
Heartland conference: day 3 and wrap up
Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus started off the day with a rousing speech. I hadn’t known he was an economist, but it was obvious quickly through his use of phrases like “maximize […]
Heartland conference: day 2
In the morning, there were enormous piles of bacon, which is, as all competent doctor’s should recommend, the best way to start a day. Robert Balling of Arizona State gave the coffee […]
You’re no climatologist! Or, who is allowed to criticize?
There is a distressing commonality when discussing climate science lately: many people skip past the data and arguments offered by a skeptic and ask the question, “Are you a climatologist?” The implication, […]
Hurricanes have not increased in the North Atlantic
My paper on this subject will finally appear in the Journal of Climate soon. You can see it’s status (temporarily, anyway) at this link. You can download the paper here. The gist […]
A safe, but misleading, prediction about global warming
Reuters’s, on 3 January, had this headline, “2008 to be in top 10 warmest years say forecasters.” A quote: 2008 will be slightly cooler than recent years globally but will still be […]
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