On deck this week
The other day someone asked me why we stopped running our On Deck This Week post every Monday morning. I replied that On Deck is not needed because a few months ago I announced all our posts, in order, through … Continue reading
The other day someone asked me why we stopped running our On Deck This Week post every Monday morning. I replied that On Deck is not needed because a few months ago I announced all our posts, in order, through … Continue reading
Mon: One more thing you don’t have to worry about Tues: Evil collaboration between Medtronic and FDA Wed: His varying slopes don’t seem to follow a normal distribution Thurs: A day in the life Fri: Letters we never finished reading … Continue reading
Mon: The history of characterizing groups of people by their averages Tues: Calorie labeling reduces obesity Obesity increased more slowly in California, Seattle, Portland (Oregon), and NYC, compared to some other places in the west coast and northeast that didn’t … Continue reading
Mon: Shameless little bullies claim that published triathlon times don’t replicate Tues: Boostrapping your posterior Wed: You won’t be able to forget this one: Alleged data manipulation in NIH-funded Alzheimer’s study Thurs: Are stereotypes statistically accurate? Fri: Will youths who … Continue reading
Mon: Killer O Tues: More evidence that even top researchers routinely misinterpret p-values Wed: What makes a mathematical formula beautiful? Thurs: Fish cannot carry p-values Fri: Does Benadryl make you senile? Challenges in research communication Sat: What recommendations to give … Continue reading
Mon: Moving statistical theory from a “discovery” framework to a “measurement” framework Tues: Bayesian Linear Mixed Models using Stan: A tutorial for psychologists, linguists, and cognitive scientists Wed: Going beyond confidence intervals Thurs: Ioannidis: “Evidence-Based Medicine Has Been Hijacked” Fri: … Continue reading
Mon: “Most notably, the vast majority of Americans support criminalizing data fraud, and many also believe the offense deserves a sentence of incarceration.” Tues: Some insider stuff on the Stan refactor Wed: I know you guys think I have no … Continue reading
Mon: Americans (used to) love world government Tues: “Positive Results Are Better for Your Career” Wed: “I would like to share some sad stories from economics related to these issues” Thurs: Happiness formulas Fri: “Participants reported being hungrier when they … Continue reading
Mon: How is Brexit different than Texit, Quexit, or Scotxit? Tues: Should this paper in Psychological Science be retracted? The data do not conclusively demonstrate the claim, nor do they provide strong evidence in favor. The data are, however, consistent … Continue reading
Mon: Clarke’s Law: Any sufficiently crappy research is indistinguishable from fraud Tues: Reduced-dimensionality parameterizations for linear models with interactions Wed: Time-reversal heuristic as randomization, and p < .05 as conflict of interest declaration Thurs: It comes down to reality and … Continue reading
Mon: They threatened to sue Mike Spagat but that’s not shutting him up Tues: “Smaller Share of Women Ages 65 and Older Are Living Alone,” before and after age adjusment Wed: Objects of the class “Pauline Kael” Thurs: research-lies-allegations-windpipe-surgery Fri: … Continue reading
Social problems with a paper in Social Problems Donald Trump and Joe McCarthy “What is a good, convincing example in which p-values are useful?” “How One Study Produced a Bunch of Untrue Headlines About Tattoos Strengthening Your Immune System” No, … Continue reading
Mon: All that really important statistics stuff that isn’t in the statistics textbooks Tues: Who marries whom? Wed: Gray graphs look pretty Thurs: Freak Punts on Leicester Bet Fri: Who falls for the education reform hype? Sat: Taking responsibility for … Continue reading
Mon: Splitsville for Thiel and Kasparov? Tues: Here’s something I know nothing about Wed: The “power pose” of the 6th century B.C. Thurs: “99.60% for women and 99.58% for men, P < 0.05.” Fri: Stan on the beach Sat: Michael … Continue reading
Birthdays, baseball, zombies, luxury . . . and fraac!
Mon: Bill James does model checking Tues: What’s the motivation to do experiments on motivation? Wed: Happy talk, meet the Edlin factor Thurs: FDA approval of generic drugs: The untold story Fri: Acupuncture paradox update Sat: Point summary of posterior … Continue reading
Mon: Are you pro or anti-biotics? Tues: “Null hypothesis” = “A specific random number generator” Wed: No guarantee Thurs: The Puzzle of Paul Meehl: An intellectual history of research criticism in psychology Fri: Redemption Sat: Doing data science Sun: Will … Continue reading
Mon: I owe it all to my Neanderthal genes Tues: If Yogi Berra could see this one, he’d spin in his grave: Regression modeling using a convenience sample Wed: 64 Shades of Gray: The subtle effect of chessboard images on … Continue reading
Mon: DG XXXVII: Lumosity fined $2 million for deceiving customers about its “brain training” programs Tues: “if you add a few more variables, you can do a better job at predictions” Wed: Stochastic natural-gradient EP Thurs: A new idea for … Continue reading
Mon: GIGO Tues: Why I’m skeptical of Fergus Simpson’s Big Alien Theory Wed: One more thing you don’t have to worry about Thurs: These Twin Names Match, But Aren’t “Matchy-Matchy” Fri: Put your own questions on the General Social Survey! … Continue reading