Monthly Archives: February 2011

Top Tips for Dealing with the Press

Posted on February 15, 2011 by rpg

Some things just get funnier and funnier. On Sunday, Ed Yong (who is not exactly a rocket scientist) put something up on Posterous recounting an exchange with a Press Information Officer. Ed had seen a press release, and wanted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Science Publishing, Silliness | 8 Comments

Ordinal Regression: Data to Order

Posted on February 14, 2011 by rpg

On Thursday, Eric Michael Johnson tweeted a request for help: Pop Quiz: You have 3 nominal categories of ordinal data collected at 3 separate time intervals. What statistical test is most appropriate? Once I had past my usual bee in … Continue reading →

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Some Important and Weighty Stuff in Statistics

Posted on February 4, 2011 by rpg

(note: to create maximal puzzlement I have cross-posted this at my other blog) Right, now let’s talk about methods for stochastic numerical integration, in particular calculating importance weights. This is a technique that is probably underused, largely because… Why are … Continue reading →

Posted in R, Statistics | 2 Comments

Pleasing News

Posted on February 2, 2011 by rpg

Last year, my student Crispin defended his PhD thesis. The last papers from his thesis have been appearing. This is good news, obviously, but it gets better.

Posted in Science Blogging | 1 Comment