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Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences by Steven Goldberg: Part IV

This article summarizes the main statistical arguments and the one logical argument used for and against Goldberg's ideas. To be clear: I am convinced by his arguments in the main…

Book review

Real Education by Charles Murray

Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality by Charles Murray Recommendation: read (buy here). The word median is statistical: it is the point at which…

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Substack Mirror wmbriggs.substack.com Résumé I am a wholly independent writer, statistician, scientist and consultant. Previously a Professor at the Cornell Medical School, a Statistician at DoubleClick in its infancy, a…

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F train Blues, Michael Palin is proud, and some misuses of statistics

Just back from my trip. I'll go through the comments from last week's posts later today and catch up. Meanwhile, here are a few interesting stories. That F'ing train! You've…

Statistics

Briggs and Big Oil

The closest I come to "Big Oil" is when I create my spécialité de la maison: bacon-olive-oil confit. Incidentally, that's the only way to cook this miracle pig meat---frying removes…

Culture

Can you do these math problems? If not, you can still go to college

Here are four problems, published by the New York Daily News, that high school graduates attempted as they entered the City University of New York (CUNY) system. The percents are…

Statistics

The University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit Hacking

Be sure to also see this story! And this story a follow-up See also see this story on proxies I often write emails to pals of mine that are in…

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Christmas Eve Party Game: Spot the Logical Fallacy!

What better way to celebrate Christmas Eve than with a game the whole family can play? So gather round the tree, load up the eggnog with some Barbancourt 5 star,…

Phileas_Frogg on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 6, 2025
1. The Turks will make substantial moves against Iran, which it see's as vulnerable in the wake of Assad's unlooked…
Class 33: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology II – William M. Briggs on Class 32: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology I (All Should Read)January 6, 2025
[…] Everybody can and should read Part I. Part II today requires the Class […]
Joy on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 5, 2025
Happy New Year. There are too any predictions, difficult to pick three. 1 Starmer won't be PM. 2 Trump will…
C-Marie on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 5, 2025
Trust in God will increase due to earthquakes, waters surpassing their boundaries, temperatures rising and falling, government failing to meet…
Aaron on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 5, 2025
Nice website! I get the super-efficient e-mail through substack and so have not been on this site in a while.…