Comments on: Statisticiness http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/statisticiness/ taking the most charitable view of those who disagree Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:21:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.32 By: David Cushman http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/statisticiness/#comment-460079 Tue, 04 Aug 2015 11:16:37 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=5558#comment-460079 Technical correction: R-squared gives the ratio or percent of explained to total variation (variation = sum of squares), not a ratio or percent of variances (variance = su of squares divided by degrees of freedom). (However, the post’s broader point is unaffected by this correction.)

]]> By: Shayne Cook http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/statisticiness/#comment-460078 Tue, 04 Aug 2015 11:06:34 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=5558#comment-460078 This seems to be a persistent problem. I recommend Darrell Huff as required reading for just about everyone – as a possible remedy. I’ve given quite a few copies to friends and acquaintances – who desperately needed it – over the years.

The downside of the remedy, of course, would be that so many folks currently attempting to pass themselves off as “scientists”, “economists”, “journalists”, and “policy-makers” would have to find other work in an already collapsing low-skill labor market.

]]> By: Andrew' http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/statisticiness/#comment-460070 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:11:57 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=5558#comment-460070 I’d like to kick these people right in statisticals.

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