William M. Briggs

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July 3, 2025

Classical Frequentist Statistics: Counterpoint

William M. Briggs

The Spring 2025 issue of Academic Questions contained a review by William M. Briggs suggesting that social scientists discard “frequentist” statistics, which in his view has badly degraded......

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April 14, 2025

Let Go Your Wee P!

William M. Briggs

William M. Briggs has a humorous take on Aubrey Clayton’s Bernoulli's Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science, concluding that the fundamental problem in the use o......

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