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When in Doubt, Blame the Journalist

Within minutes of hitting “publish post” on my mission statement, I found an article that reminded me of one of my worst pet peeves when it comes to data/science/studies of all types.  The headline...

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Does race or profession affect sleep?

I’ve commented before on my skepticism about self reported sleep studies. Two recent studies on sleep piqued my interest, and while my original criticisms hold, there was yet another issue I wanted to...

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Are law schools liable for misleading statistics?

An interesting snippet from over at the Volokh Conspiracy, where former students sued their law school for publishing misleading statistics. The court ruled that the salary statistics published by the...

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