http://www.omninerd.com All of the latest articles, news, blogs and comments from scottb on OmniNerd.com en-us Fri Mar 19 00:53:20 -0500 2010 Fri Mar 19 00:53:20 -0500 2010 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OmniNerd Feed Generator mark@omninerd.com mark@omninerd.com http://www.omninerd.com/polls/Programming_experience <a href="http://www.omninerd.com/polls/Programming_experience">Cast Your Vote</a> - Programming experience?<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.omninerd.com/polls/Programming_experience&title=Programming+experience?">StumbledUpon</a> | <a href="http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://www.omninerd.com/polls/Programming_experience&title=Programming+experience?">Digg It</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.omninerd.com/polls/Programming_experience">Del.icio.us</a> | <a href="/comments/new?content_id=179&content_type=Poll#comment_form_header">Add a Comment (15)</a> scottb Wed Oct 17 10:58:40 -0500 2007 http://www.omninerd.com/articles/Science_Not_So_Sloppy <p>Recent <em>Wall Street Journal</em> coverage<sup class="footnote" id="fnr1"><a href="#fn1">1</a></sup> has revived interest in Dr. John Ioannidis&#8217; 2005 PLoS article, &quot;Why Most Published Research Findings Are False.&quot;<sup class="footnote" id="fnr2"><a href="#fn2">2</a></sup> Somehow, I missed it the first time around, but this time the paper got me to thinking. In short, I don&#8217;t buy his argument; I think the whole foundation is wrong.</p> <h2>Background</h2> <p>First, for those who haven&#8217;t read his paper, or don&#8217;t follow the math, let me outline what he&#8217;s saying.</p>Continue reading this article on <a href="http://www.omninerd.com/articles/Science_Not_So_Sloppy">OmniNerd</a>.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.omninerd.com/articles/Science_Not_So_Sloppy&title=Science+-+Not+So+Sloppy">StumbledUpon</a> | <a href="http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://www.omninerd.com/articles/Science_Not_So_Sloppy&title=Science+-+Not+So+Sloppy">Digg It</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.omninerd.com/articles/Science_Not_So_Sloppy">Del.icio.us</a> | <a href="/comments/new?content_id=111&content_type=Article#comment_form_header">Add a Comment (4)</a> scottb Tue Oct 09 12:11:33 -0500 2007 research mathematics medical research probability significance http://www.omninerd.com/polls/Best_zombie_flick <a href="http://www.omninerd.com/polls/Best_zombie_flick">Cast Your Vote</a> - Best zombie flick?<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.omninerd.com/polls/Best_zombie_flick&title=Best+zombie+flick?">StumbledUpon</a> | <a href="http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://www.omninerd.com/polls/Best_zombie_flick&title=Best+zombie+flick?">Digg It</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.omninerd.com/polls/Best_zombie_flick">Del.icio.us</a> | <a href="/comments/new?content_id=160&content_type=Poll#comment_form_header">Add a Comment (13)</a> scottb Tue Aug 21 15:53:00 -0500 2007