Real-world studies: limits of knowledge
Kaiser focuses attention on a few aspects of the Mayo Clinic real-world effectiveness study.
Cause-effect
In times of paranoia, seek out data and stick to facts
Kaiser Fung (Principal Analytics Prep, Numbersense) urges people to stick to the facts as they assess the coronavirus public-health situation.
Exercising fails to stop obesity, doh
Kaiser Fung (Numbersense, Principal Analytics Prep) reacts to an article claiming more gym memberships have not reduced obesity rate.
Dispute over analysis of school quality and home prices shows social science is hard
Most of my friends with families fret over school quality when deciding
Three reasons to doubt the GDP-gas price conjecture
Dragged by infectious incuriosity, the financial press ran with the story that
Pondering OCCAM data in medicine
The New York Times Magazine has a pretty good piece about the