Exceptional Statistics

February 2023

New post on my other substack newsletter

Right now, my two newsletters are separate publications.

Feb 25, 2023 • 

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I got a puzzle published in the FiveThirtyEight Riddler column today!

... Just in time for the Speed Skating World Championships

Feb 25, 2023 • 

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Is Statistics Hard? If So, Why?

Haphazard thoughts, and a hopeful speculation

Feb 24, 2023 • 

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April 2022

Can we learn anything from Vitamin D studies?

I weigh in on a debate about the benefit of vitamin D supplementation.

Apr 22, 2022 • 

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March 2022

Measuring the Rate of War Outbreaks

Introducing the 'Feed Your Prodigy' Newsletter

Mar 19, 2022 • 

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How to Apply the Neyman-Pearson Lemma to Quantum Supremacy Claims via the Monte Carlo Method

I could easily have goofed up one or more of the formulas, so please comment or e-mail me if you find an error!

Mar 19, 2022 • 

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Are the Best Athletes the Most Likely to Choke under Pressure?

The correct conclusion Alex Hutchinson should have drawn in "Why Performance Under Pressure Isn't All in Your Head"

Mar 14, 2022 • 

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Monte Carlo Method Implementation of the Neyman-Pearson Lemma

I haven't seen this published anywhere so thought I'd share my (possible) invention. It has some pretty useful applications such as assessing claims of…

Mar 14, 2022 • 

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Now elsewhere!

Exceptional Statistics has relocated to its own section/newsletter on…

Mar 11, 2022 • 

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