Their actual implementation is rather hand wavy, but I think getting people pointed in the right direction is a lot more important than the particulars. The high visibility of FiveThirtyEight makes me think this is a big win for sanity. I’m curious as to what others think. Which parts were done well? What might have been done differently?
FiveThirtyEight (Nate Silver) rolls out new blog today, and attempts to teach people Bayes’ rule.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-formula-for-decoding-health-news/
Their actual implementation is rather hand wavy, but I think getting people pointed in the right direction is a lot more important than the particulars. The high visibility of FiveThirtyEight makes me think this is a big win for sanity. I’m curious as to what others think. Which parts were done well? What might have been done differently?