David R. Clark

Senior Actuary with Munich Reinsurance America (though all opinions expressed are my own)

[Sander Greenland @Lester_Domes]

Those teaching basic or general concepts for applied statistics may be interested in the new post at https://t.co/cPrn2wf99M

[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

Are there any real people still on X/Twitter?

[Data Science Fact @DataSciFact]

Unjustified assumptions of independence are the root of statistical evil.

[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

@JohnDCook And cluster points; e.g., many dates on January 1st.

[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

If you go to a kindergarten class and ask what they think is the most important issue of the day, they may agree that it is "cooties."

Similarly, don't go to social media to figure out what you should be worried about.

[Courtroom View Network @CourtroomView]

CVN's Top 10 Most Impressive Plaintiff Verdicts of 2024

See which trials made the list and discover an exclusive special offer:
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[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

@meepbobeep @Le_Severine_Cox About Schmitt

[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

@JenniferSey What is the song "YMCA" about?

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Next year will be 2025, which is the sum of the cubes of 1 to 9! What a great number!

[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

https://t.co/Btukshb2dP

[Data Science Fact @DataSciFact]

A p-value is NOT the probability that the null hypothesis is correct. Not even close. Persistent and pernicious misunderstanding.

[Data Science Fact @DataSciFact]

Twenty rules for good graphics https://t.co/r0Z6TDtFMR

[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

@meepbobeep @Jim1289543 That's just what they'd expect us to do...

[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

@JohnDCook "You're very intelligent and impressive." = "I did not understand a word you said and will never use it."

[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

@AWokeZombie Nothing in Grovers Mills yet.

[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

https://t.co/LkdLprvvih

[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

Because I follow an actuary on Twitter/X who likes Sumo, my feed is now 50% video clips of Sumo matches.
Not complaining. Just saying it is a strange algorithm that decided I should follow Sumo.

[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

I just simulated flipping a coin 80,000 times and it came up heads 40,168 times.

[Judea Pearl @yudapearl]

The Christian Roots of Bayesian Statistics.
https://t.co/mMCR4vhyN0
I'm Jewish! But that's not why I am only half Bayesian: https://t.co/gqeQb2lfLJ

[David R. Clark @DaveclarkR]

So apparently Saturday Night Live is still on the air. Who knew?