The difference between prediction and estimation
Kaiser reacts to an Efron paper on statistical vs. machine learning models.
Algorithms
Are 81 percent of Elon Musk's twitter followers fake?
Kaiser reads an estimate of Musk's spam proportion.
Real-world studies: limits of knowledge
Kaiser focuses attention on a few aspects of the Mayo Clinic real-world effectiveness study.
A testing mess across the pond
Kaiser takes a glance at the A-Levels controversy in the U.K.
Tautology in data arguments
Kaiser discusses statistical tautologies.
What's wrong with this data?
Kaiser Fung (Numbersense) invites readers to help decide whether the data are fake, using a Yelp account as an example.