by Craig Marker | Jun 15, 2007 | Uncategorized
From the Decision Science News Blog:“About two years ago, I was a reasonable person who argued that tests of statistical significance were useful in some limited situations. After completing research for “Significance tests harm progress in forecasting” in the...
by Craig Marker | Jun 15, 2007 | Uncategorized
The Social Science Statistics Blog has an interesting article discussing a recent paper on the death penalty and whether it has a deterrent effect on crime (specifically murder). Here is an excerpt:since 1960, will find that homicide rates went up when the death...
by Craig Marker | Jun 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
The town of Telluride has a festival of nothing coming in July:1. Sunrises and Sunsets as normal 2. Gravity will continue to be in effect. 3. The earth’s rotation will be increased to add a few thrills. 4. The laws of physics will be on...
by Craig Marker | Jun 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
someecards.com has some very funny ecards.
by Craig Marker | Jun 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
Intrade.com is a prediction market. An interesting market that they cover is the value of presidential candidates. You can currently purchase a contract for Barack Obama that costs around $30. If he wins the Democratic nomination, then the owner of the contract gets...
