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[LINK] Evidence-based giving by Laura and John Arnold Foundation

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323372504578466992305986654.html Apparently a hedge fundie made 4 billion and is giving

What is your true decision metric? A look at medicinal chemists

http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2012/11/27/how_do_chemist_think_that_they_judge_compounds.php Some background: medicinal chemists are

XKCD - Frequentist vs. Bayesians

http://xkcd.com/1132/ Is this a fair representation of frequentists versus bayesians? I feel like every time the topic comes up, 'Baye

Always check your assertions... (Winning the Lottery)

"In 2005, Dr. Zhang was having an ongoing discussion with friends about the Lottery, with Dr. Zhang taking the view that it offered poor odd

Four Short Stories on Error Checking

(Cross-posted from my blag) 1. My microwave clock has been broken since a power outage. It now reads something like 7 hours behind the rea

Log-odds (or logits)

(I wrote this post for my own blog, and given the warm reception, I figured it would also be suitable for the LW audience. It contains some