I am writing a series of posts on the theme of misleading statistics. As a quantitative analyst, my business is using statistics to inform decisions. Previously, when I worked as a scientist for NASA, I focused on statistical models as well. It is not surprising, then, that I am often in situations when a writer … Continue reading Misleading statistics
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Climate policy, economics, and ethics
The debate about climate policy has gotten way off base. For every article discussing the scientific consensus, there are countless others in which people come up with a range of counter arguments. This is similar to the anti-vaccination movement. For the "anti-vaxxers", it simply does not matter that there is enormous scientific evidence that the … Continue reading Climate policy, economics, and ethics
Geoff Considine on Finance and Economics 