Re: [Marxism] statistics for students?

["Paddy Apling" <e.c.apling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

PS to my original message.
Those particularlty interested in the evaluation of forcasting from 
time-sequence data would be well advised ro read 
http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/2009%20March.htm and follow his links.

Actually, this advice should be given to 95% of the current generation of 
scientists-publicists, and, for members of this list, it is a crucial 
warning that great scepticism needs to be taken of all the current doomsday 
forecasts.

Paddy
http://apling.freeservers.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paddy Apling" <e.c.apling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition" 
<marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] statistics for students?


> Also go to http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/ by John Bignell, with its 
> comprehensive criticisms of poor use of statistics, and many links to 
> criteria for proper use, and detection of misuse, of statistics along with 
> myriad anecdotes (some a bit quixotic)
>
> Paddy
> http://apling.freeservers.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jon Cloke" <copito61@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <e.c.apling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 10:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [Marxism] statistics for students?
>
>
>> Go to this site http://www.badscience.net/ which is run by Dr Ben 
>> Goldacre
>> who writes in the UK Guardian. The guy is next to obsessive about misuse 
>> of
>> statistics and has a wealth of current examples.
>>
>>
> 



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