Sunday, October 31, 2010

Worth a quick look

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Very worthwhile read on the nuances of economics. In particular: "You see, in a capitalist economy, wealth and well-being are suppose...

Diffferences in Professional Standards

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I find it fascinating how the rules change between disciplines. In Epidemiology, the idea of a supervisor being an author on papers resulti...

A war with Iran would look nothing like WW II

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When someone says something outrageous and stupid, there's a tendency (particularly on the blogosphere) to lock in on the outrageous par...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

And now for something completely different...

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I'll be taking a break from p-values and peer effects tomorrow to watch the latest instalment of Sherlock now airing on Masterpiece Mys...
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The Volunteer Effect

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Before I jump back into the weeds here, let's step away for a paragraph and remind ourselves that the question of the moment is "Do...
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Fortune's smartest business books

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I came across this while looking up some background for an upcoming post and clicked the link mostly of a sense of morbid curiosity (cynica...
Friday, October 29, 2010

Mysteries of resonance

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Messages are always a bit strange when you're not the target audience, but usually you can manage some level of understanding if you loo...

The most open-label of open-label experiments

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A big part of being a statistician is knowing when to get nervous, knowing when cutting a small corner could produce massive bleeding. One o...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Implications of "counseling out" part II -- missions

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This is the second part of a reply to a previous comment about counseling out disruptive students. In the first part I discussed how charte...
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Implications of "counseling out" part I -- metrics

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This comment from Michael Bish raises a couple of big questions: One important point is that there is a big difference between counseling ...

Nobody loves an orphan technology

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And the loneliest orphan of them all is over-the-air television. It's the kind of story you would expect to find in a Lemony Snicket no...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

"Counseling out"

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(This post also appears at Education and Statistics.) Paul Tough writing in Slate recounts the following: In Whatever It Takes , in one of ...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Context in posts

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This post by Megan McArdle was interesting for the context . I am certain that I will say something I regret sooner or later; it's prob...

"they are purging nonperforming students at an alarming rate"

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(This post also appears at Education and Statistics .) Mike at ScienceBlogs has some thoughts about selection by attrition: A letter to Dia...
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Silence

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This post from Worthwhile Canadian Initiative is probably the best reason for my recent lack of activity in the blogosphere. Coupled with ...