#Statistical

💧 David Mitchell

flexibledragnet

Is nuclear dead? Not quite, but it’s not scaling either. Short thread. 1/n I tweet a lot about nuclear and while I recognise I’m unlikely to change anyone’s mind about

Nicky Whiffin

nickywhiffin

**Postdoc & PhD opportunities**Interested in using large genomic datasets to discover and analyse non-coding variants that cause rare diseases? Come work @HumanGeneticsOx @UniofOxfordhttps://www.whiffinlab.org/join-us Please share

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

nntaleb

DISCUSSION:I am in favor of masks & intransigent w/Twitter unrigorous babble; but one must ethically try to have a fresh look when facing a new study. Let's do an objective

Joel McGlothlin

joelmcglothlin

Regarding a potential conceptual duality in the definition of fitness, I take the contrary view that it's important to use the same term because all definitions rely on the same

Steve Suess

ProfSuess

A new record for #COVID cases in McLean County.Folks will be blaming college students for this. Before you join in, please consider... 1) You could have plopped down 25,000 50-year-olds

Philosopher Dr. Stack III PhD

DackStevon

I understand the catharsis people are seeking in dismissing the fraud claims of Trump but I think it's obvious there was some degree of (likely coordinated) fraud & I wouldn't

Rob Ford

robfordmancs

If you see people citing the "one dose of the Pfizer vaccine is only 52% effective" claim, refer to this thread. The claim, like so many panicky claims this year,

Dave Wright

ff_spaceman

I've made countless mistakes after incorrectly applying stats/metrics. Understanding what a stat or metric is measuring is essential. For examlple, a WR isn't automatically a good pass catcher because they

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

As we struggle with the difficult decisions about reopening K-12 schools, one thing I've been unsure about is the degree of transmission by children. A new study from Korea provides

Brad Heath

bradheath

Georgia notes that Sidney Powell & Co. "attached altered documents" to their complaint. The filings were cropped to remove the dates; she then argued the documents were "undated" in the

Maya Forstater

MForstater

A lot of evidence was published by @Commonswomequ Its worth reading the additional evidence of @Docstockk Rosa Freedman and @ProfAliceS side by side with @alexsharpe64 They both talk about the

Courtney Milan 🦖

courtneymilan

I’m finally reading the THE ODDS ARE ONE QUADRILLION TO ONE “expert” testimony.https://electioncases.osu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/TX-v-PA-Appendix-first-half.pdf I’m going to summarize as best as I can! It has been a long time

Nick Stripe

NickStripe_ONS

THREAD – statistical misrepresentationI have seen the table below being widely shared to falsely imply that deaths are no higher than normal this yearThe table is both factually incorrect and

Shylock Holmes

shylockh

Voter Birthday Explainer Threadhttps://www.revolver.news/2020/12/pennsylvania-election-fraud-exposed-by-suspicious-birthdays/This came out in Revolver recently. It’s a new twist on identifying voter fr**d: Instead of starting with weird v

Robert McNees

mcnees

Physicist Max Born was...born... #OTD in 1882. In 1926 he formulated a rule for the statistical likelihood of a measurement on a quantum system yielding a particular outcome. Born’s rule

Aaron R. Williams

awunderground

A story: My address was selected for the CPS (!) and January was my household's fourth month. The Census Bureau notified us who our interviewer was but the person never

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