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jsalvatier comments on Comic endorsing Bayesian statistics - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: grouchymusicologist 06 April 2011 05:29AM

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Comment author: jsalvatier 06 April 2011 06:25:01AM 4 points [-]

More of a critique of hypothesis testing than an endorsement of Bayes stats. It is a pretty tough criticism though.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 06 April 2011 10:06:10AM *  7 points [-]

Come on, it's about journalists' sloppiness in understanding technical statements. What the minecraft people said was certainty correct.