The Guardian recently discussed the "declining linguistic standards" in State of the Union addresses. I thought this was an interesting exercise, but something seemed wrong about the article, and it turns out this is one case where the data do no...
The Guardian recently discussed the "declining linguistic standards" in State of the Union addresses. I thought this was an interesting exercise, but something seemed wrong about the article, and it turns out this is one case where the data do no...
The questions raised in this Scientific American article ought to concern all of us, and I want to take some of these questions further. But let me first explain the problem. Clinical trials and observational studies of drugs, biologics, and medical de...
One statistical tool is the ubiquitous p-value. If it’s less than 0.05, your hypothesis must be true, right? Think again. Ok, so I don’t hate p-values, but I do hate the way that we abuse them. And here’s where we need statistical leadership to g...
Warning, this blog will be short, sweet, and a bit pithy. The two most common questions that I receive about statistical analyses, no matter what kind or purpose, is: "Am I doing it right?" or "Am I allowed to...(fill-in a variation of a common analysis here)?" My response to these questions is usually: "Sure, you can do whatever you want, but what will it mean if you do?" I've said…
