The inevitable perversion of measurement
Supposedly one of the tactics in the fight against obesity is to
Cause-effect
Popularizing tiny effects
I found my way to Mark Liberman's post at Language
Three complaints about medical journalism
It's very frustrating to read journalism about health and medicine.
Structural unemployment in black and white
A popular argument is circulating out there. You may have heard this
Why should we care about these studies?
Reader Joe M. points us to this article from Slate (via Kottke)
Calling something a spade doesn't make it a spade
Andrew Gelman pointed readers of his blog to a really great press