Statistics – Page 205 – William M. Briggs

Firearm Homicide Rates Around The World: Comparing With USA

Here's an around the world tour of homicide rates by firearm, brought to you by our friends at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Rates are per 100,000…

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Bayesian Probability Is Not Subjective (It Only Seems Like It Is)

Logic Start with standard logic; think syllogisms. This is not a trick question: Is it true or false that C = "George wears a hat"? There is no way to…

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Bayesian Probability & Swinburne’s P-Inductive & C-Inductive Arguments (For God’s Existence)

Because I am jet-lagged (and fundamentally lazy) here is a classic post, modified to include a homework assignment. Don't be like me: do the work. This post contains some fundamental…

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Mr Clarence Beeks, a.k.a. King Pleasure

I'm in the Mood for Love a.k.a. Moody's Mood for Love. Another travel day. I think it was this recording (and not another; "Pleasure" made several) that Danny Stiles used…

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Lightning May Cause Headaches, Moon May Cause Domestic Intranquility

I have discovered a statistically significant correlation between phases of the moon and domestic harmony. Every day for several months I filled out the Domestic Harmony Inventory (DHI), a scientifically…

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Updates: What’s Happening With Briggs? With the On-line Course? Etc.?

Homefront Things progress on the Briggs ranch---a patch of 900 square feet in the wilds of Upper Eastern Manhattan. They may shortly be progressing away from the island towards...where, nobody…

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Statistics Is Not Math: Update To Allow New Comments

Update Hello newcomers. Posts usually close for comments after two weeks. But since this one is getting so many views, I moved it up to re-open comments. "Here is a…

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Does Barack Obama Have A Mandate? A Look At The Numbers

How important was Barack Obama's victory? By what measure can he be said to have secured a "mandate"? How does his election compares to others? And how do voters in…

Tars Tarkas on Experts: Please Begin Panicking Over Bird Flu. Us: No. Experts: (Sob)January 8, 2025
Don't knock e-scooters. Some of them are incredibly fast. Imagine driving a kick-scooter on the interstate at 70mph. Some African…
Wyotana on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 7, 2025
1. Our overlords cause or allow an attack very much like the Oct. 7 extravaganza in "Israel". Unlike the original…
Briggs on Environmental Experts To Rip Out Trees, Build Solar Electric Plant In Snow Belt To “Save The Environment”January 7, 2025
All, Nick Rhudy has an interesting theory on why Michigan's DNR wants to lease land on which to tear down…
Cary Cotterman on Environmental Experts To Rip Out Trees, Build Solar Electric Plant In Snow Belt To “Save The Environment”January 7, 2025
The freakout over anything associated with "nuclear" isn't new. In the 1950s the U.S. Air Force tested atomic bomb drops…
Shawn Marshall on Environmental Experts To Rip Out Trees, Build Solar Electric Plant In Snow Belt To “Save The Environment”January 7, 2025
It is stunning that in this age of instant communications all popular notions seem utterly bereft of reality; Darwinism, Global…