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Replication In Science
Have doubts about the latest finding from researchers? Confused that last week red wine "increased the risk of heart disease" but this week red wine "decreased the risk of heart…
TSA Update And Practicum
I have to face the "Ver are your papers!" brigade this morning as I once again make my way through the carbon-dioxide soaked skies to the land of growing taxes,…
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Kirk’s Principles Of A Preserver
Richard Weaver, author of the must-read Ideas Have Consequences and grandfather of the Burkean resurrection in the USA, writing in 1954, noticed the young Russell Kirk, whose doctoral thesis had…
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TSA De-diapers Old Lady (Update) And German Jokes
Another busy day---but still some things to ponder. TSA You'll have heard the TSA forced a 95-year-old woman, on her way home to die among family, was forced to strip…
More Bad Language
We've already done issue (as an asinine synonym of problem), raising awareness (rampant self regard combined with the belief of education as panacea), questions raised (a cheap journalistic trick). Today…
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New York Passes Gay Marriage: What Are The Consequences?
Jason and David meet to discuss the new gay marriage law. Jason: "It finally happened! New York passed gay marriage. Now gay couples are the same as straight couples!" David:…
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A New (Old) View Of Statistics. Ithaca Teaching Journal, Day 11
It is often difficult to keep in mind all the links in a chain of argument when that chain is long.1 This is especially so when one expects that chain…
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Regression Examples. Normal Distributions Often Stink. Ithaca Teaching Journal, Day 10
Today, just one example, and the simplest kind, to show you that using regular regression, with its assumptions of "normality", can quickly lead to absurdities---absurdities which will pass unnoticed using…