Month: October 2018
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Problems in Identifying Causality in Observational Data – BigSurv18
Posted by Ray Poynter, 27 October, 2018 Earlier today I gave a presentation at the BigSurvey18 Conference in Barcelona,…
27 October 2018
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Does Running Damage Your Heart? Another example of the problems of using observational data to infer cause and effect.
Back in 2012, there were several research papers that suggested that running for more than about 20 miles…
22 October 2018
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What is the Counterfactual? – Why do we need to assess it?
Posted by Ray Poynter 19 October 2018 If we are told that a before a marketing campaign the…
19 October 2018
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Courses and Workshop with NewMR – 2018
Posted by NewMR, 17 October, 2018 Sue York and Ray Poynter are widely involved in a wide range…
17 October 2018
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How to Use Comparisons to Understand Data
Posted by Ray Poynter, 15 October 2018. Most individual numbers do not mean very much. In many cases,…
15 October 2018
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Bias Runner 2049
Story-with-a-meaning post by Ray Poynter, 11 October 2018 Tom Torquemada was looking forward to his interview today, he…
11 October 2018