A claim of scientific proof might seem impressive, but it’s really a red flag! How to recognize this tactic Scammers and deniers use two forms of this tactic: they claim that their idea/discover… more →
Science or not?wrote 4 months ago: I was recently confronted with the task of running a meta-analysis of a subject in which the various … more →
wrote 6 months ago: On 3 December the Royal Statistical Society’s Medical Section is holding a meeting on measurem … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Muller Says We Did This Posted on July 29, 2012 Muller says that we caused the 0.7 warming seen in t … more →
wrote 10 months ago: What if I said that much, if not most, of the scientific or technical stuff you “know” is really bas … more →
wrote 11 months ago: This article was written primarily about the inaccuracies in scientific and other technical informat … more →
wrote 1 year ago: In my previous post, I wrote about ways scale choice could distort the ways survey results portray t … more →
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wrote 2 years ago: Das, M., Toepoel, V., & van Soest, A. (2011). Nonparametric Tests of Panel Conditioning and Attr … more →
wrote 2 years ago: In Evaluation Tip #2 (“What About the Data? Part 1”), I introduced the subject of data, specifically … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Book Description Environmental epidemiology is the study of the environmental causes of disease in p … more →
wrote 4 years ago: In January my brother and I were laying laminate flooring in his house. Each time we needed to trim … more →
wrote 4 years ago: In January my brother and I were laying laminate flooring in his house. Each time we needed to trim … more →
wrote 4 years ago: from the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research Seven scales of the Communication Profile … more →