You wouldn’t buy a car or a house without asking some questions about it first. So don’t go buying into someone else’s data without asking questions, either.
Okay, you’re saying… but with data there are no tires to kick, no doors to slam, no basement walls to check for water damage. Just numbers, graphs and other scary statistical things that are causing you to have bad flashbacks to your last income tax return. What the heck can you ask about data? —Robert Niles —Data Analysis (RobertNiles.com)
Boring title for a very handy guide for developing a healthy scepticism of statistics.
It has long been assumed that William Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway was less than…
Some 50 years ago, my father took me to his office in Washington, DC. I…
I first taught Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle during an intensive 3-week online course during the 2020-21…
A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore The Associated Press’ full…
Rewatching ST:DS9 After the recap of last week's "In Purgatory's Shadow," we see the Defiant,…
Rewatching ST:DS9 Kira helps Odo re-adjust to life as a shape-shifter, obliviously but brutally friendzoning…