Ep 6 – William Briggs – Dangers of Statistical Misinterpretation
If you’ve ever taken Statistics 101 – or participated in any basic research work – you’re probably familiar with the old adage “correlation does not imply causation.” Despite the saying’s popularity, many researchers (and media ...
Statistical Rituals: The Replication Delusion and How We Got There
Publish or perish, the null ritual, improper incentives, the inference revolution, illusions of certainty, statistical power…
Gerd Gigerenzer looks back at trends in science to understand how the replication crisis came to be, particularly in his ...
William Briggs – Hillsdale Apr 2023
https://youtu.be/JLFDjRS_928
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William Briggs expands on Greg Glassman's discussion about broken science by providing examples of scientific misconduct. He focuses on an experiment conducted by ...
William Briggs – BSI Phoenix Feb 2023
https://youtu.be/K_zL6TTDk4k
William's Slides
So, You Think You’re Psychic?
link to book
William Briggs
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Do you think you or somebody you know might have psychic powers? This book lets you test if ...
Breaking the Law of Averages: Real-Life Probability and Statistics in Plain English
link to book
William Briggs
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Quantifying Real-Life Uncertainty Statistics has traditionally been taught decade after decade in a fashion that is long outdated. ...
The Need To Believe In “The Solution” To Global Warming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgM1yhwj1mg
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transcript
Now there's two camps of civilians. One believes in global warming of doom, and one not.
**Now, true believers desire the solution, which itself ...