madhadron

Science, math, and statistics

Science: my book on how sciences work; be clear on what you mean by “I know” and “I understand”

Statistics: suggestions for learning statistics; there are four main pieces of statistics; don’t be sucked in by feuding schools; a pair of papers explaining pp-values (first1 second)

The most widely read thing I ever read was probably my rant, a farewell to bioinformatics. I preserve it because it remains assigned reading in graduate bioinformatics courses. Yes, this is bizarre.

Someone may need the command reference for the Olympus IX-81 motorized microscope chassis.


  1. In Table 1, the numbers in the α column and β column are swapped, and the corresponding answer in the ‘Check yourself’ question below is wrong. It should be 0.006, not 0.385.↩︎