Declining co-authorship — a theme of my… March 11, 2020 | General | 6 Comments My first real gig as a collaborative statistician was landed as part of a required course in my… Read More
Attitudes toward models vs. attitudes toward methods March 4, 2020 | General | No Comments This post began as a comment on Andrew Gelman's blog in response to Conditioning on a statistical method… Read More
Assumptions are not free – they are… February 19, 2020 | General | 5 Comments This is a topic I have thought a lot about and discussed with students for years, but I… Read More
Sorry, but randomization does not ensure balance. February 14, 2020 | General | 2 Comments I wasn't planning to write this today, but it's something that has bothered me for years and after… Read More
Why I don’t like hypotheses February 7, 2020 | General | 2 Comments In the beginning There was a time when I believed that stating a hypothesis was a crucial part… Read More
Appreciating the anti-library January 31, 2020 | General | 3 Comments There is so so much to read and so little time. This week's post will be short and… Read More
We need more ignorance January 14, 2020 | General | No Comments Books about ignorance and science I recently read another book with Ignorance in the title: Ignorance: How it… Read More
Fact detector? It is not. January 2, 2020 | General | 5 Comments I continue to search for more effective, and simpler, ways to convey my views on misunderstandings and mis-uses… Read More
Defining replication December 20, 2019 | General | 1 Comment Replication is word that has long been important in conveying concepts fundamental to experimental design and statistical inference… Read More
Trust is complicated December 17, 2019 | General | 6 Comments I've been thinking a lot about trust again lately -- in science, and in life more generally. As… Read More