The Wisdom of Whores » statistcis http://www.wisdomofwhores.com Of sex and science. Elizabeth Pisani's blog about HIV and other sundry things. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:15:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Beating it up and dumbing it down http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2009/06/18/beating-it-up-and-dumbing-it-down/ http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2009/06/18/beating-it-up-and-dumbing-it-down/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:43:22 +0000 elizabeth http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=1668 sciencenewscycle

For a larger version, visit Jorge Cham at PhD comics. It’s worth it. Especially if you are killing time not finishing your thesis (Sara…)

This comic came to me by way of Laura (thanks) and Language Log, where the true nerds among you can go for an illuminating discussion of the difference between ρ and p. Really.

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