Tag Archives: Statistics

How to get confident with statistics

How to get confident with statistics

I’m here to share my top five tips for researchers who want to get confident with statistics. I know, I know – you’re really busy and statistics is one of those things that you’d love to get your head around at some point, but it’s just not your priority right now. Don’t worry. These are […] … learn more→

The best way to lie with statistics

The best way to lie with statistics

There are three easy ways to lie with statistics, ways anybody can use, and will pass peer review. It is important for the readers to know this, because of the following: Many scientific studies can’t be replicated. That’s a problem. It’s no secret that there’s a big problem with science nowadays. While many view “science” […] … learn more→

What we can learn from Baseball

Former major-leaguer Doug Glanville long ago shifted from glove to pen, and quite successfully. Today, for The New York Times, he writes about Alex Rodriguez, discussing how the quest for numbers misses the real point and beauty of baseball. Two paragraphs stopped me: Now major league baseball is in overdrive, stalking the players who inflated […] … learn more→