I need a statistician
November 21st, 2006
Last Saturday, Ben Goldacre over at Bad Science central wrote about the abundance of nonsense equations that regularly crop up in the news, usually as a thinly veiled promotion for the sponsors. He was also good enough to link to my article on Nathan Efron and his ridiculous formula for the Beer Goggle Effect (as “reported” by BBC News Online).
This morning I woke up to discover that the original Beer Goggle Effect article has leaped into the number one Most Emailed slot on BBC News Online. How did this happen? Is it coincidence? Has someone else been promoting this story? I fear I’ve given fresh legs to this Beer Goggles article Bausch & Lomb advertisement.
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