West Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more)

Comments, observations and thoughts from two bloggers on applied statistics, higher education and epidemiology. Joseph is an associate professor. Mark is a professional statistician and former math teacher.

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Pre-reading for tomorrow's post

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I've got one in the queue on a recent example of the New York Times' ongoing effort to face the reality of Trump while clinging to t...

GOP Game Theory -- things are still different

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"It's probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in."     LBJ on FBI Director J....
Monday, February 27, 2017

Sometimes problems are complicated

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This is Joseph Kevin Drum points us to data suggesting that, contrary to the experience in the United States, immigrants in Sweden are mor...
Friday, February 24, 2017

Of course, watching video on tiny screens has made a comeback...

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One of the topics I want to take a serious run at one of these days is how the way we think about scientific and technological progress was...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Canceling then showing up anyway is probably my favorite

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I'm no fan of Andrew Romano. He's one of those journalists who likes to use his instincts and understanding of politics to delve be...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Speaking of older posts

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This is Joseph. LGM points to this older Paul Krugman piece  on why market forces don't work in health.  It discussed the work of Ken...

Bowling Green is more than just a town in Sweden; it's an excuse for a repost

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I don't want to overgeneralize, The producers at Fox News have multiple objectives -- they are interested in money, ratings, sometimes e...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Brexit and the problem of referendums

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This is Joseph. There has been a lot of discussion about direct democracy in the wake of the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom.  On one h...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Accusation-driven reporting

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I recently came across an excellent piece by Eric Ravenscraft (old but new to me) on dealing with fake news. The whole thing is worth readin...
Friday, February 17, 2017

Quote of the day

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This is Joseph Via Stumbling and Mumbling , here is a George Carlin quote : Conservatives say if you don’t give the rich more money, th...

Sometimes I post something just so I'll remember it later

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Like that assembly line music from the old Warner Bros. cartoons.
Thursday, February 16, 2017

"Selling you pain"

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Kristin Wong, writing for the Gawker remnant Lifehacker, has an excellent piece up on the economics of air travel . I like the way Skift...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

When you ignore bullshit artists, the pile does not get smaller

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This is where we are now. From New York Magazine : As PolitiFact, the Daily Beast, and other outlets have noted, Phillips, a form...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Sometimes analogies are the most interesting when they break down -- UPDATED II

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[I wrote this a few days and then half-forgot about it until last night when TPM started running headlines like "What Did The President...
Monday, February 13, 2017

You all get that DeVos is the one with the chainsaw, right?

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We all remember the moral of the story: even the hitchhiker with the acts is freaked out by the one with the chainsaw. Eli Broad i...
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