by Craig Marker | Jun 28, 2007 | Uncategorized
“These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily...
by Craig Marker | Jun 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
“It is like a finger pointing to the moon. Don’t concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.””Be like water because it is soft, resilient, and formless. It can never be snapped.””Life is a constant process of...
by Craig Marker | Jun 22, 2007 | Uncategorized
From Slate.com:Eldest children have IQs three points higher than their siblings, on average, in a huge sample of young Norwegian men. The study shows this difference is due to family dynamics, not “prenatal gestational factors,” since “second- and...
by Craig Marker | Jun 15, 2007 | Uncategorized
From the Decision Science News Blog:“About two years ago, I was a reasonable person who argued that tests of statistical significance were useful in some limited situations. After completing research for “Significance tests harm progress in forecasting” in the...
by Craig Marker | Jun 15, 2007 | Uncategorized
The Social Science Statistics Blog has an interesting article discussing a recent paper on the death penalty and whether it has a deterrent effect on crime (specifically murder). Here is an excerpt:since 1960, will find that homicide rates went up when the death...
