February 12, 2014

Briefly

  • An interview with Sir David Cox, probably the most famous living statistician “I know the term ‘the profession of statistics’ is widely used but I am not that keen on it. I would like to think of myself as a scientist, who happens largely to specialise in the use of statistics. “
  • A page with interactive graphics to demonstrate Simpson’s Paradox. I’m not sure the interactivity helps, but more important, they show dividing people into groups can change the direction of association, but don’t talk about how you decide which of the two is correct.
  • “Disinformation Visualization”
  • A long-term personalised-medicine study. “We hope to develop a whole series of stories about how actionable opportunities have changed the wellness of individuals, or have made them aware of how they can avoid disease,” We can be confident they will find stories. It’s less clear they will be true.
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Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »