Know your data 34: think before you scan
Kaiser rarely scans QR codes.
Errors
P esteem, bosom peril, flag to clamor, and anti-tech tech
Kaiser reads about p esteems, bosom perils, and flag to clamor.
All evidence are not created equal and some evidence are more equal than others
Kaiser considers the controversy over the recent colonoscopy trial results.
What about safety
Kaiser reviews a reanalysis of vaccine safety.
Why you must know how analytical results were obtained
Kaiser learns that MTA developed a 90% effective vaccine to cure fare evasion on city buses. They just need to go on CNN to sell this miracle.
The difference between prediction and estimation
Kaiser reacts to an Efron paper on statistical vs. machine learning models.