FAQ #1: K-S Tests in SPSS
I decided to start a series of blogs on questions that I get asked a lot. When I say a series I’m probably raising expectation unfairly: anyone who follows this blog will realise that I’m completely...
View ArticleBat Cunnilingus and Spurious Results
Thanks to my brother I became aware of this article about bat cunnilingus today. My brother, knowing how entertained I had been by a bat felating itself at Disney on my honeymoon, decided that this...
View ArticlePerhaps my oxytocin was low when I read this paper.
I’m writing a new textbook on introductory statistics, and I decided to include an example based on Paul Zak‘s intriguing work on the role of the hormone oxytocin in trust between strangers. In...
View ArticleThe referee’s a …..
I’m a bit late on this particular bandwagon, but it’s a busy time what with the start of term and finishing writing textbook and all that. The textbook is also my excuse for having not written a blog...
View ArticleTo retract or to not retract, that is the question …
Amazingly I haven’t written a blog since September last year, it’s almost as though I have better things to do (or have no ideas about topics … or have nothing interesting to say). It’s more the lack...
View ArticleMax or No Max?
There’s been a recent spat between the heavy metal bands Sepultura and Soulfly. For those unaware of the history, 50% of Sepulture used to be the Cavalera brothers (Max and Igor) until Max (the...
View Article“If you’re not doing something different, you’re not doing anything at all.”
Yesterday was the official launch of my new textbook An Adventure in Statistics: The Reality Enigma. Although a few ‘print to order’ copies are floating about, the ‘proper’ hi-res print copies won’t be...
View ArticleStinkFiske
StinkFiske[1] Many of you will have seen former APS president Professor Susan Fiske’s recently leaked opinion piece in the APS observer and the outcry it has caused. I’m late in on this, but in my...
View ArticleCluster Analysis
Aims and Objectives Have a working knowledge of the ways in which similarity between cases can be quantified (e.g. single linkage, complete linkage and average linkage). Be able to produce and...
View ArticleDSUS5 has arrived!
The fifth edition of Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics has just landed (or so I am told). For those that use the book I thought it might be helpful to run through what’s changed. General...
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