Observed confidence levels

Alan Polansky not only enjoys railroads, but also announces news on attained confidence levels.

Statistics abused

On Probability As a Basis For Action (PDF) is recommended as a corrective for over-emphasizing p-values at the expense of estimated effect sizes.

Preprint servers for statistical bioinformatics

The COBRA Preprint Series was selected for the dissemination of the Statomics Lab’s working papers because it offers more flexibility than the other main services for statistical genomics preprints:

• Unlike arXiv, COBRA accepts PDF files generated by LaTeX. Preparing LaTeX source code specifically for a preprint server can require large time investments.
• Unlike Nature Precedings, COBRA does not require authors to irrevocably license their work for commercial reuse. Such licenses might conflict with the interests of some commercial publishers since they allow competitors to distribute the preprints for profit.

On statisticians and men

Nature 453 (7197) xi:

…people don’t behave like statisticians.

Making the paper: Arnon Lotem : Article : Nature

Perhaps Arnon Lotem meant to say statisticians don’t behave like people.