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Regression Isn’t What You Think

We've done regression a hundred times, but it isn't sticking. That means my explanations are failing. Let me try again. Everybody knows normal distributions, i.e. bell-shaped curves: in shorthand N(m,s),…

Statistics

Racism Eats Telomeres. An Exciting New Paper-Generating Research Area

A crack team of researchers led by David Chae has "discovered" that racism, the severest of all crimes, eats the telomeres of black men. Or maybe "eat" is the wrong…

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Statistics

On UFOs, Salt Intake, And Heart Disease

Michael "State of Fear" Crichton once proposed that UFOs were responsible for global warming. Why not? After all, something caused that record amount of snow in Detroit yesterday. Don't get…

Philosophy Statistics

Correlation Implies Causation

A version of this post originally appeared on 20 October 2012. But after a Twitter conversation with our friend @Neuro_Skeptic, it's time for an addition. Comes a Salon article entitled…

Statistics

Statistics Talk: Chances Are You’re Doing It Wrong

The problem with statistics is the astonishing amount of magical thinking tolerated. A statistician---or his apprentice; this means you---waving a formula over a dataset is little different than an alchemist…

Statistics

Twenty Tips For Interpreting Scientific Claims

Title of today's post is taken from article of the same name in Nature by William Sutherland, David Spiegelhalter, Mark Burgman. Several readers asked me to comment. I'll assume you've…

Culture Philosophy

The Moral Case Against Designer Babies

"Should prospective parents seek information about gene variants that increase the risk their children will develop diseases as adults? Should physicians provide that information?" So asks Ronald Bailey, only just…

hudbwu on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 26, 2024
Elon is all for show. Bernard over at Moon of Alabama was suppressed before Elon took over. Then his subscribers…
Cary D Cotterman on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
I'd buy a ticket to watch them unleash water canons on these camps.
Hun on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
I am skeptical about the nose-ring girl. I suspect the whole "incident" was simply a propaganda skit to show that…
Milton Hathaway on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
"Yet it is curious that in many places these woke students were rousted by Regime forces." Yes, indeed, very curious,…
John on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 26, 2024
I once stayed at a villa in Sorrento owned by a retired pizza chef who told me that, back in…