Archive - Standard Errors

For Inflation, An Adjustment

When the going gets weird, most people panic

Feb 10, 2022 •

January 2022

Gresham in Catan

Why No One Has Wood for Sheep

Jan 20, 2022 •

December 2021

The Red Queen's Resume

The future is an algorithm stamping on a human CV, forever

Dec 17, 2021 •

How Sampling Error Created America's Housing Crisis

Community representatives are often anything but

Dec 1, 2021 •

October 2021

All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know

But it can still be pretty useful

Oct 28, 2021 •

September 2021

What are your statistical principles?

#1: Data can be singular or plural, depending on your mood

Sep 30, 2021 •

Harry Truman And The Inflation-Adjusted Heist of The Century

Making a fool of the taxpayers and our inflation statistics

Sep 8, 2021 •

August 2021

Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Data

One can lead to the other, and vice versa

Aug 11, 2021 •

July 2021

When Policy Doesn't Matter

A Masterclass in Reverse Causation

Jul 14, 2021 •

June 2021

Tech Debt Rules Everything Around You

The Shawshank $REF-demption

Jun 9, 2021 •

May 2021

Vaccine Pauses, Precautions, and Politics

Decisions can never be just about the science

May 20, 2021 •

Making Sense of the Census

Hindsight is 2020

May 7, 2021 •

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