I also studied statistics as part of my psych degree. I actually was paid as a statistician by a couple of market research companies. More importantly, I studied philosophy of science, so learned all about experimental design, the null hypothesis, and falsification. Those are things about which many "scientists" are unaware.
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Jon Agne via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2016 2:02 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Jon Agne Subject: Re: [MBZ] Global Warming In MD, Yo I am sure that it’s a good book. I studied Statistics and Economics at Northwestern. I fully understand them. Jon > On Dec 17, 2016, at 3:17 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Jon, I know you are a very intelligent guy. Read this book. It is a > classic and was out of print for decades, but within in lies universal truth, > presented in a humorous way. Now it is back in print again. > https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728 You > can read the first few pages online for free. > > It is under $10. Or you local welfare bookstore probably has a copy you can > read for free. (pubic library) > > I was fortunate enough to get a copy from one of my several Statistics profs > when he retired. He tried to teach Ed statistics to wannabe school sups. > The majority of them were dumber that a rock. > > It is the ONLY book from college or grad school I continue to refer to! In > fact, it was not even a required book, but Dr Neteusil in the Ed Stat class > kept referring to it because ed statistics (and peer reviewed pubs) are rife > with statistical errors, bias and misapplication. > >> Jon Agne via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> December 17, 2016 at 1:19 PM >> https://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/2016/spiralling-global-temperatures/ >> <https://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/2016/spiralling-global-temperatures/> >> >> >> >> _________________ > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
