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Free Data Science Class: Predictive Case Study 1, Part IV
Review! Code coming next week! Last time we decided to put ourselves in the mind of a dean and ask for the chance of CGPA falling into one of these…
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There Is No “Problem” Of Old Evidence In Bayesian Theory
Update I often do a poor job setting the scene. Today we have the solution to an age-old problem (get it? get it?), a "problem" thought to be a reason…
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Parameters Aren’t What You Think
I was asked to comment on a post by Dan Simpson exploring the Bernstein-von Mises theorem. This post fits in with the Data Science class, a happy coincidence, and has…
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Free Data Science Class: Predictive Case Study 1, Part III
You must review: Part I, II. Not reviewing is like coming to class late and saying "What did I miss?" Note the New & Improved title! Here are the main…
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Don’t Be A Conservative: Be a Reactionary
Blaire White is a man who pretends, or, worse, believes he is a woman. This sort of thing is not these days unusual. The twist is that White says he…
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Predictive Probability Resources, Why Frequentism Fails & Uncertainty
From the mailbag, reader I.W. writes: Dear Professor, I represent social science (but of a priori bent), and I recently got really hooked on frequentialism. After all, prof. Mises employed…
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I Am A Climate Denier
Stream: I Am A Climate Denier The latest meeting of the UN to discuss the redistribution of your money because of "climate change" has just concluded. Here's one headline generated…
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Manipulating the Alpha Level Cannot Cure Significance Testing — Update: Paper Finally Live!
A new paper has been submitted to a well known journal, "Manipulating the Alpha Level Cannot Cure Significance Testing: Comments on 'Redefine Statistical Significance'", by David Trafimow, Valentin Amrhein, Fernando…