QOTD: On Bias, Correlation and Objectivity
From The Big Picture
December 22, 2012 - 4:30pm
I love the way this unfolds: Someone did a study — I have no idea if its serious or not – that suggested eating more chocolate improves a nation’s chances of producing Nobel Prize winners. One of the Nobel prize winners responded with the appropriate amount of snark: “Eric Cornell, who won the Nobel Prize [...]
December 22, 2012 - 4:30pm
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