On deck this month

No padding here, only the good stuff:

What to think about in 2015: How can the principles of statistical quality control be applied to statistics education

Stethoscope as weapon of mass distraction

“Why continue to teach and use hypothesis testing?”

Relaxed plagiarism standards as a way to keep the tuition dollars flowing from foreign students

What to do in 2015: Your statistics diary

Artist needed!

Bayesian models, causal inference, and time-varying exposures

When a study fails to replicate: let’s be fair and open-minded

“In general I think these literatures have too much focus on data analysis and not enough on data collection.”

A completely reasonable-sounding statement with which I strongly disagree

Cracked.com > Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times

What’s misleading about the phrase, “Statistical significance is not the same as practical significance”

Interactive demonstrations for linear and Gaussian process regressions

Stan comes through . . . again!

I need your help in setting up the ultimate bracket: Picking the ideal seminar speaker

Why I don’t use the terms “fixed” and “random” (again)

Lewis Richardson, father of numerical weather prediction and of fractals

Lee Sechrest

“Surely our first response to the disproof of a shocking-but-surprising claim should be to be un-shocked and un-surprised, not to try to explain away the refutation”

Another benefit of bloglag

High risk, low return

Patience and research

This is why I’m a political scientist and not a psychologist

“What then should we teach about hypothesis testing?”

Tell me what you don’t know

The (hypothetical) phase diagram of a statistical or computational method

“It is perhaps merely an accident of history that skeptics and subjectivists alike strain on the gnat of the prior distribution while swallowing the camel that is the likelihood”

Six quick tips to improve your regression modeling

“Another bad chart for you to criticize”

Cognitive vs. behavioral in psychology, economics, and political science

Economics/sociology phrase book

Oh, it’s so frustrating when you’re trying to help someone out, and then you realize you’re dealing with a snake.

Best wishes for a happy and productive 2015!

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