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Archive for September, 2007

An embarassing quote for Bayesians

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Posted in Fun Stuff | 6 Comments »

A certain famous Bayesian expressed his hatred not only of objective probability but of realists in general. He was especially thrilled with the triumph of the fascists in 1922. He ... Read more..

A Scary Statistic (9/11 memorial)

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 Posted in Politics, Public Interest, Surveys and Sampling | 1 Comment »

This may be old news, but it was new to me. A 2006 poll of 1010 Americans conducted by researchers from Ohio University found that just more than a third ... Read more..

Time Lane ranks highly

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007 Posted in Fun Stuff, Public Interest, Sport | 11 Comments »

Tim Lane is considered by many to be an elite sports commentator. And he is not at all afraid of bringing some quantitative insights to his analysis of the great ... Read more..