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A statistician loves the #insurancepoll...now how do we analyze it?

Posted on October 15, 2012 by admin

Amanda Palmer broke Twitter yesterday with her insurance poll. She started off just talking about how hard it is for musicians who rarely have health insurance, but then wandered into polling territory. She sent out a request for people to … Continue reading →

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Statistics project ideas for students (part 2)

Posted on October 4, 2012 by admin

A little while ago I wrote a post on statistics projects ideas for students. In honor of the first Simply Statistics Coursera offering, Computing for Data Analysis, here is a new list of student projects for folks excited about trying … Continue reading →

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The Killer App for Peer Review

Posted on September 22, 2011 by admin

A little while ago, over at Genomes Unzipped, Joe Pickrell asked, “Why publish science in peer reviewed journals?” He points out the flaws with the current peer review system and suggests how we can do better. What he suggests is … Continue reading →

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