Statistics – Page 247 – William M. Briggs

Chu On These Climate Tipping Points

"Beware the Tipping Point, my son! That little wee thing, the difference it makes! Beware its Connector Theory, and shun Its luminous Balderdash!" With appropriate apologies to the great logician…

Philosophy Statistics

Guilty People Aren’t Guilty, Innocent People Are

The man who took the knife and slit the throat of the woman whose money and body he wanted could not help himself. But the judge who sentenced that man…

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Climate Science And Significance: Wall Street Journal Takes On Statistics

Coin Flips and Dice Rolls Doug Keenan has a must-read piece in the Wall Street Journal on the time series analysis of global temperature (Thanks to Randy, Roger, and John…

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California Air Resources Board Uses Strange Statistics, UCLA Fires Scientist

The story (related in full at HotAir.org) is long and tangled, but the short version is this. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) wanted to regulate diesel truck fumes, inherently…

Culture Fun Statistics

I Am The Cause Of All Discrimination In The United States Of America

Today's post is at Pajama's Media, "The Cause of All Discrimination? Me: One man makes a shocking confession." Logically, if there is discrimination, there must be discriminators and discriminatees. Who,…

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Dear English Rioter

Dear English Rioter, I suppose it wasn't hard to learn how to fill light bulbs with ammonia (nasty stuff). But how did you bring yourself to throw that first one…

Fun Statistics

March Madness Tournament Analysis: Which Seed Has Best Chance Of Winning?

Most know what the structure of the March Madness basketball tournament looks like. I am not most; I had to look it up; what I don't know about college basketball…

Culture Statistics

Religion May Become Extinct, Experts

In 1850 in the Netherlands nearly everybody was a Christian. A century later, three out of four said they still were. But if you believe mathematicians Daniel Abrams and Haley…

Johnno on As Woke Falls, What Rises?December 21, 2024
Whatever falls, new Expurts always rise. They even optimized Time for us and we've been confused and suffering ever since...…
Johnno on House Cramnibus Funds New Follow-The-Science PanicsDecember 20, 2024
We should offer to pay for our leader's mandatory lobotomies as part of the spending passage. MANDATORY. Cite Biden's state…
Ryan on Class 32: The Evils, Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology I (All Should Read)December 20, 2024
I think you're being a bit harsh. The authors concluded as follows in their abstract: "[W]e found an excess ALS…
Probability Puzzle Paradox: Which Boxes To Take? – William M. Briggs on A Twist In A Solution To Newcomb’s ParadoxDecember 20, 2024
[…] did Newcomb’s Paradox (so called) years ago, and a twist in premises after that. But I thought it would…
Uncle Mike on House Cramnibus Funds New Follow-The-Science PanicsDecember 19, 2024
I don't understand the desire by dems and reps alike to throttle this country to death before Jan 20. Such…