What is your superpower? And Jamaican beef patties again rear their ugly head. Also, something something whooping cough
Statistics is about everything!
Here’s what’s scheduled this week on the blog:
Mon 22 Apr 2024: Decorative statistics and historical records
Tues 23 Apr: What is your superpower?
Wed 24 Apr: For that price he could’ve had 54 Jamaican beef patties or 1/216 of a conference featuring Gray Davis, Grover Norquist, and a rabbi
Thurs 25 Apr: Population forecasting for small areas: an example of learning through a social network
Fri 26 Apr: Whooping cough! How to respond to fatally-flawed papers? An example, in a setting where the fatal flaw is subtle, involving a confounding of time and cohort effects
Sat 27 Apr: Evaluating MCMC samplers
Sun 28 Apr: “Often enough, scientists are left with the unenviable task of conducting an orchestra with out-of-tune instruments”
And this past week:
21 Apr: Now here’s a tour de force for ya
18 Apr: Infovis, infographics, and data visualization: My thoughts 12 years later
17 Apr: “Close but no cigar” unit tests and bias in MCMC
17 Apr: Do research articles have to be so one-sided?
16 Apr: N=43, “a statistically significant 226% improvement,” . . . what could possibly go wrong??
I hope you are entertained.