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.
Health
The plural of anecdote is not ...
One of my favorite statistics-related wisecracks is: the plural of anecdote is
Theranos and ethics
I have to admit I missed the hype about Elizabeth Holmes, and
No, selfies are not more deadly than sharks
You may have seen the clickbait of the week: "Selfies have
Pondering OCCAM data in medicine
The New York Times Magazine has a pretty good piece about the
Another PR effort to scare you into clicking
From Andrew Gelman's blog, I learned about a paper that