The Importance of Non-Commercial, Open Access Science
I wish I could go over all of the points and statistics cited in this presentation on open access science (video link to Vimeo). The problem is that I would […]
Category Archives: Research
A Poisson Distribution Function and a Cheeseburger Walk into an Airport…
Wow. This is probably the greatest use of statistical analysis I have seen in a long, long time. I’ll leave it to you to read the article, but here’s a […]
A Valuation of Science Education
“The planet Earth and all of its inhabitants are in a state of Emergency” The line above looks like something I might’ve pulled from a science fiction novel, or a […]
I Love Being a Huge Stats and Science Nerd
This blog says a lot about me, and one of the things it says about me is that I love statistics and methodology. I’ve recently gotten into learning about Bayesian […]
A History of the United States Congress
Wow There is an overwhelming infograph over at XCCD via A History of the United States Congress. This has got to be one of the best, most compelling data visualizations […]
Paperless Dissertation and Workflows Revisited
I was listening to the Mac Power Users podcast the other day, and the conversation was all about blogs. One of the niceties that was pointed out was how you […]
How To: Be a Consumer of Science News!
A lot of science news that we’re hit with is sorely misinterpreted or is presented in a grossly incomplete manner. How can you tell what’s legit and what isn’t? This […]
Crazy, Bad Science and Science Reporting
Guess what? There’s a new theory of everything. You know, the theory of everything: a theory that is able to unite the four fundamental forces (the strong and weak nuclear […]
Sudo cd Python SPSS $*!@?? madness
Part 1 I recently had a trying experience trying to get the Python Integration plugin to play nice with my installation of PASW 18.0.3 (referred to as SPSS from here […]
Rockin’ it in Wichita
So I’ve finally settled here in Wichita with my wife and new baby boy. My brothers and I arrived about a week before they did, as I wanted to knock […]
