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[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123301860344617927.html?mod=todays_us_nonsub_pj article]
An [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123301860344617927.html?mod=todays_us_nonsub_pj article]
  came out in today's Wall St. Journal that would be fun to use for introductory stats classes.  It touches on several concepts--the limits of observational studies, confounding, spurious correlations, type I errors.
  came out in today's Wall St. Journal that would be fun to use for introductory stats classes.  It touches on several concepts--the limits of observational studies, confounding, spurious correlations, type I errors.



Revision as of 02:06, 31 January 2009

Annette Georgey wrote to the Isolated Statisticans


An article

came out in today's Wall St. Journal that would be fun to use for introductory stats classes.  It touches on several concepts--the limits of observational studies, confounding, spurious correlations, type I errors.



http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123301860344617927.html?mod=todays_us_nonsub_pj Does Breakfast Cereal Affect a Baby's Gender?


Here we will have a discussion of an article in the Wall Street Journal

which is based on an article"You are what your mother eats" in the Proceedings of the Royal Society and on a criticism of this article: "Cereal-Induced gender selection? Most likely a multiple testing false positive" in the same journal.

You might want to read these articles before we figure out something wise to say about the articles.

To be continued.

Submitted by Laurie Snell


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123301860344617927.html?mod=todays_us_nonsub_pj Does Breakfast Cereal Affect a Baby's Gender?


Here we will have a discussion of an article in the Wall Street Journal

which is based on an article"You are what your mother eats" in the Proceedings of the Royal Society and on a criticism of this article: "Cereal-Induced gender selection? Most likely a multiple testing false positive" in the same journal.

You might want to read these articles before we figure out something wise to say about the articles.

To be continued.

Submitted by Laurie Snell