tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post8816353922440283689..comments2024-03-26T19:10:00.791-04:00Comments on West Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more): "What is this 'Canada' of which you speak?"Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-82222675426292049332010-12-23T14:43:31.849-05:002010-12-23T14:43:31.849-05:00I attribute at least part of it to cherry-picking ...I attribute at least part of it to cherry-picking examples. Variance properties suggest that, in a sample with both small and large countries, at least some of the small countries will outperform the large countries (assuming that they all have the same true underlying mean). So people pick the country that is ideologically useful . . .Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-45712756232104979932010-12-23T05:12:12.914-05:002010-12-23T05:12:12.914-05:00I still think Canada is still a special case. We w...I still think Canada is still a special case. We were certainly beaten over the head about how well countries like Finland and Singapore are doing in education, but Canada NEVER made list despite being in a statistical dead-heat for the lead.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705408455380402571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-58275562918632006792010-12-22T16:43:39.176-05:002010-12-22T16:43:39.176-05:00It's a consistent feature of American policy d...It's a consistent feature of American policy debate that all other countries in the world will be ignored unless they are being vilified.Nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100648595914456494noreply@blogger.com