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Tag Archives: statistics
A Modest Proposal For The Development Of DIY Charts
While there have been websites that have catered to subjective personal charts, most of these were merely charts based on favoritism and there was not the provision of a large amount of data to allow the development of charts that … Continue reading
Posted in Music History, Musings
Tagged data, legitimacy, modest proposal, music, statistics
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Book Review: Statistics Done Wrong
Statistics Done Wrong: A Woefully Complete Guide, by Alex Reinhart The problem with this book, such as it is, is that it by no means a woefully complete guide. To be sure, the state of statistics abuse in contemporary society … Continue reading
Book Review: How To Lie With Statistics
How To Lie With Statistics, by Darrel Huff One of the more telling and unfortunate aspects of life is that those who crusade against something are usually guilty of what they are crusading against. Those who crusade against injustice are … Continue reading
Book Review: The Manga Guide To Statistics
The Manga Guide To Statistics, by Shin Takahashi This book is surprisingly awkward to read. To be sure, this book has plenty of funny material in it. Unfortunately, the framing of this material is more than a little bit uncomfortable, … Continue reading
On The Timing Of Charts
As I note from time to time, I spend a great deal of time pondering and analyzing music charts and their statistics, and have done so for a very long time. Fairly frequently throughout the week I will note updates … Continue reading
The Effect Of The Rules Of Postponement On The Timing Of Passover And The Feast Of Weeks: A Preliminary Investigation
One of the hazards of being someone who is at least moderately a data nerd is the fact that questions tend to become opportunities for research. Recently I was chatting with one of our congregation’s deacons as well as with … Continue reading
Book Review: Black Swan
Black Swan: The Impact Of The Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Unknown unknowns have long been a problem in human understanding, and with this toughtful extended personal essay from the insightful Taleb I have now read all of the … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, probability, statistics
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Is That Country Enough For You: Old Town Road And The Gatekeeper Problem
From time to time I write about the problem of gatekeeping and some of the finesse it requires and some of the controversies that result from it [1]. As long as there is prestige to be gained for being “in” … Continue reading
The Incompetent Pollsters Of New Caledonia
Although the attention of most of the people I happen to know this week was on the election here in the United States, about which I have little that I want to say, there was another momentous election that happened … Continue reading
The Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings: The Eagles vs. Michael Jackson
As someone who writes a fair amount relating to the subject of music history, including the classic rock of the 1970’s [1], I am very familiar with the music of the Eagles. It would be hard not to be familiar … Continue reading
Posted in American History, History, Music History, Musings
Tagged business, music, statistics
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Edge Induced Cohesion 