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Category Archives: Nominal
9. Dichotomization as the Devils Tool
There are two types of people, those who classify people into two types of people and those who don’t. Never trust anyone over thirty. As Mason said to Dixon, ‘you gotta draw the line somewhere’. *** Don’t get me wrong, … Continue reading
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22. A question on QoL, Percentage Change from Baseline, and Compassionate-Usage Protocols
Yesterday was 1 degree Fahrenheit and today is 10. I’m ten times warmer!! Compassion? We statisticians have evolved beyond such petty human affects. I received the following question from Simon Wilkinson from New Zealand: Dear Allen. To set the scene, … Continue reading
