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@harrymccracken I even recall 8" disks on radio shack Model II. 10:33 AM May 6th via Twitter for iPad in reply to harrymccracken
AI graders get top marks for scoring essay questions - tech - 25 April 2012 - New Scientist: bit.ly/JNh5qk 7:00 AM Apr 25th via Tweet Button
It appears that it is maternal obesity not vaccine that is associated with #autism. medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverag… 2:07 PM Apr 9th via Safari on iOS
@grossdm Love your posts, but is the pace of growth really accelerating or is it merely increasing? 4:55 PM Apr 5th via Twitter for iPad in reply to grossdm
Big Payout, Big Suckers? on Slate slate.me/H1DHAf Expected value isn't everything. See St. Petersburg paradox. bit.ly/8EhWk 4:27 PM Mar 30th via Slate iPad
This is why extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Not that anyone who believed #Bem is a fool, but ... latimes.com/news/nation/na… 5:21 PM Mar 15th via Safari on iOS
@Pogue These things change you for life. I still write in a way that a Newton can recognize. 4:11 PM Mar 14th via Twitter for iPad in reply to Pogue
Get a positive expected return from the lottery. However, that's a technical use of "expected." Don't expect to win. blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/201… 8:49 AM Mar 9th via Safari on iOS
K12NN GFBrandenberg does the math and finds that NY's "value-added measures" of teachers have near-zero predictive... fb.me/1FhMqdVuj 5:58 AM Mar 5th via Facebook Retweeted by LaneReport and 1 other
Instructive example of sampling bias: people asked to remember radio shows they listened to recall mainly big names. wapo.st/yMzLEu 7:49 PM Mar 4th via Post Politics on iOS
There will never be a tablet called #iPad3 because the Apple 3 failed. Ever heard of a Mac 3? Or an iPod 3? 12:57 PM Mar 1st via Twitter for iPad
Victory Over the Research Works Act preserve's Congress's ability to mandate govt funded research be available. #OA Yea slate.com/blogs/future_t… 2:51 PM Feb 29th via Safari on iOS
Where else would you beg someone to take your valuable creation so they could sell it for a huge profit? #oa nyti.ms/xmhdu4 6:51 PM Feb 28th via iOS
Publication of government sponsored research should be available to the public (is that where "publication" came from?) plos.org 7:41 PM Feb 26th via Safari on iOS
What the law of large numbers is and is not. However meanings change over time and wrong becomes right. techpinions.com/the-logistic-p… 7:43 AM Feb 26th via Safari on iOS
@philiped I agree completely about lol numbers but fear current conventional usage will soon trump the previous meaning. 7:40 AM Feb 26th via Twitter for iPad in reply to philiped
@hblodget iq and income: google Hernstein & Murray for one side of the controversy. 3:17 PM Feb 21st via Twitter for iPad in reply to hblodget
jasonhiner "Statistics are no substitute for judgement." Henry Clay (in mid 19th century) 5:10 AM Feb 21st via Twitter for Android Retweeted by LaneReport and 7 others
@hardball_chris Gagarin did orbit the earth. Nice commentary nonetheless. 3:43 PM Feb 20th via Twitter for iPad
NYTimes: How Companies Learn Your Secrets and the role of statistics. nyti.ms/AyNgCY 6:00 PM Feb 17th via iOS

Name David Lane
Location Houston, TX
Web http://davidmlane...
Bio Grew up in Cleveland, OH. Teach at Rice U. Teach statistics and human-computer interaction