PMean » Statistical models http://blog.pmean.com A blog about statistics, evidence-based medicine, and research ethics Sat, 22 Jun 2024 17:10:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 Recommended: Rich Data, Poor Data http://blog.pmean.com/rich-data/ http://blog.pmean.com/rich-data/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:22:00 +0000 http://blog.pmean.com/?p=411 Nate Silver emphasizes an important point about when statistical models can really shine: when there is a rich source of data and lots of opportunities to test the predictive power of your models. This is why baseball statistics provide such a great platform for teaching modelling techniques.

Silver N (2015) Rick Data, Poor Data. ESPN. The Magazine (February 22). Available online at: http://m.espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=12317383

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