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.

Monday, November 25, 2024

Google and the Case of the Missing Search Term

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Picking up the ball from Andrew Gelman's recent post on the declining quality of Google searches (which itself built on this one from ...
Friday, November 22, 2024

"You're right. We need to strengthen the dose... One part in ten million." -- Mitchell and Webb on Health Care

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That Mitchell and Webb Look: Homeopathic A&E That Mitchell and Webb Look: Lifestyle Nutritionists
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Nine years ago at the blog -- reposting this partially because RadioLab hasn't gotten any better but mainly because I really like the title.

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Thursday, October 8, 2015 "So long and thanks for all the fish" I've fallen into this trap b...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Last things first – – a few thoughts on the Mars conversation and on 21st century futurism in general.

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There's a certain kind of "planning" that people indulge in when talking about things they know they will never do. It can be ...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

A tale of two cities (no, really, the same story covers both of them)

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    [Blogger is having one of its weird days, so the formatting on this post will be a bit... quirky.] Adam Something (a highly recommended ...
Monday, November 18, 2024

Waiting for Goffman -- to understand how the New York Times' election coverage got so bad, you have to look beyond their election coverage.

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[written before the election, but it still seems valid] This pair of posts from almost nine years ago superficially would seem to have nothi...
Sunday, November 17, 2024

Sunday must read by Josh Marshall

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This is Joseph. I found this piece by Josh Marshall to be a really good reply to the waves of doom and gloom that I have been seeing lately...
Friday, November 15, 2024

Randall has forgotten about induced demand

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A rare math nerd/transportation nerd twofer. From XKCD
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Twelve years ago at the blog -- people still bothered to think about Freakonomics

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Check out Steven Levitt's Wikipedia page . Steven David Levitt (born May 29, 1967) is an American economist and co-author of the best-...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Back on Mars – – houseplant edition

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 [Picking up where we left off with our long neglected CSI:Mars thread .] The way we discuss and think about the future of space has come to...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Six years ago at the blog -- we've been meaning to get back to Mars (rhetorically speaking)

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Going through the draft folder, I realized we had left this thread half finished -- there's a lot to mock here -- but rather than just j...
Monday, November 11, 2024

10 years ago at the blog – – it is now officially too late to be early.

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Nothing like going back and reading the original transcript. (Plus original comments) The wonderful thing about long-range predictions ...
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