Statistics – Page 237 – William M. Briggs

The Statistics Of Racial And Gender Gaps

Suppose we have collected data on some measure deemed important to society. Examples are fireman entrance exams, standardized test scores in mathematics, income, IQ, and so forth. Higher measures are…

Statistics

Bem, ESP, And Hypothesis Testing

Daryl Bem, Cornell professor of psychology, once again believes he has proven the validity of ESP (extra-sensory perception). Bem is a long-time researcher of the paranormal who once found notoriety…

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What Is A “Climate Change Skeptic”? Assist With Definition

As requested by Richard Drake and J Ferguson, who began a conversation on a similar topic last week, this new post asks what is the best "opinion poll-ready definition of…

Culture Statistics

New York’s Induced Terminations Of Pregnancy

New York City's Health Department (motto: It's for your own good!) released its annual birth and death statistics, and the internet is aflutter, particularly over the numbers on abortion. "Raw"…

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Internet Porn Reduces Rape?

I want to be charitable. I really do. But as I reviewed the paper "Pornography, Rape, and the Internet" by Clemson professor Todd Kendall (author of "Celebrity Misbehavior in the…

Philosophy Statistics

Ivy League Climate Skeptics

I received this email from Rob Fishman at the Huffington Post. My answer follows. I'm the social media editor here at HuffPost (and a Cornell alum). I came across your…

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Predictions For 2011: Submit Yours Today!

Since everybody remembers what Yogi Berra said about this hoary subject, we can skip it. Still, we can't help but wonder with Calvin, where are all the rocket ships…

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Scientists Too Sure Of Themselves: Except, Of Course, Climatologists And Neuroscientists

Since most of us are ill inclined to labor until Monday next, I don't want to post anything of momentous importance until then---accepting, as we must, that all that appears…

C-Marie on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
I Love to think. Wish all children were taught to think. My Dad started me on St. Thomas Aquinas at…
Richard G on Science Proves Isaac Newton Doesn’t Even Break Into Top 8,000 All Time Greatest ScientistsApril 18, 2024
YOS would have loved this. I would have too, but I get all my science from u-tube these days and…
Colbert on Why I Don’t Want To Be Made To Support IsraelApril 18, 2024
Religiously, morally, historically, there's no argues for Israel. Especially religiously. Actual judaism is just a rabbinic scam, created 19th centuries…
Cary D Cotterman on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
How to think begins simply with thinking, instead of just hearing and obeying. Every time we think for ourselves, our…
Hagfish Bagpipe on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
That was a fun discussion. Never heard of Thorin, loved his scottish brogue. He has a good mind that makes…