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A critique of “Naked Statistics” (Or, where is Rev. Bayes?)
We finally got around to reading Charles Wheelan’s 250+ page defense of frequentist methods in his 2013 book “Naked Statistics.” (Curiously, his book was published a year after Nate Silver best-selling tome “The Signal and the Noise,” a book that … Continue reading
“Antebellum Islam”
That is the title of this intriguing paper by Khaled Beydoun, a law professor at Barry University. Here is an excerpt from Professor Beydoun’s abstract: America’s first Muslims were slaves. Social scientists estimate that 15 to 30 percent of the … Continue reading
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World-historical volcano map
This nifty volcano map is based on a dataset of 10,734 known volcanic eruptions from 1,562 individual volcanoes, going back in time 12,000 years, and was prepared by James R. A. Davenport, a PhD candidate in Astronomy at the University of Washington. Check out … Continue reading
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A solution to Newcomb’s problem
Although “it’s not entirely clear that [Newcomb’s paradox] is well-posed” (see video at 8:11), Professor NJ Wildberger presents an elegant mathematical solution to this probabilistic problem in the video above.
Piano-shelf
Is this art or a wasteful prank? Hat tip to Weikardzaena (via reddit) for the pic.
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Broken y-axis controversy
Stunning chart, but… The @BW chart, & my e.g., w/o the broken axis. businessweek.com/articles/2014-… cc @junkcharts #charts http://t.co/Fr51K9Ky8c— Abhinav Agarwal (@AbhinavWork) December 12, 2014 Read more about this little statistical dust-up here (via Justin Fox). Addendum (31 Dec. 2014): Here is another take on … Continue reading
Agricultural map of Cuba (circa 1949)
Click on the map for a larger version. Hat tip to BrotherSeamus!
prior probability 