Quantitative backdrop to facilitate context dependent quantitative… February 15, 2024 | General | No Comments For years, I have been proposing a relatively simple strategy for better tying quantitative analysis to specific research… Read More
The soup we are cooked in February 10, 2023 | General | No Comments I am still spending a fair amount of time reading, listening, and thinking about various forms of therapy… Read More
Words of Alan Watts – myth of… November 5, 2022 | General | 2 Comments I enjoy listening to the hours of recorded lectures by Alan Watts (they happen to be easily accessible… Read More
Examined life … and scientific practice October 2, 2022 | General | No Comments I happen to be reading James Hollis' Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the… Read More
Thee uncertainty June 5, 2022 | General | 2 Comments I'm back for a long overdue post as I reflect on my number of years on this planet.… Read More
Worried about stopping talk about statistical and… January 4, 2022 | General | No Comments Andrew Gelman published a post last week titled Stop talking about "statistical significance and practical significance." Combined with… Read More
How typical is a median person? October 8, 2021 | General | 1 Comment I have talked about cautions and implicit assumptions that surface around the use of averages before, but seeing… Read More
Reasonable reflections from jury duty August 25, 2021 | General | 4 Comments I was called for jury duty yesterday and spent about 5 hours experiencing the process. I was not… Read More
Statistical hermeneutics August 3, 2021 | General | 2 Comments I started this post a few months ago and it caught my attention as I was looking through… Read More
Thoughts on the Task Force Statement July 9, 2021 | General | 11 Comments As president of the American Statistical Association in 2019, Karen Kafadar appointed a task force with the goal… Read More