Derman, Rodrik and the nature of statistical models
I just finished Emanuel Derman's new book, "Models Behaving
Variability
Mirror, mirror
There has been a lot of self-righteous reporting in the business press
A conspicuous absence in storm reporting
The NYT has a nice article about the challenges of predicting hurricane
Structural unemployment in black and white
A popular argument is circulating out there. You may have heard this
The media stick to old labels in spite of 2010 Census
The 2011 Census result is out, and I've been listening
Efron on statisticians
A wonderful interview with Brad Efron (Stanford statistics professor) should be read