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Peter Flom
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I'm a retired statistical consultant to graduate students and researchers in fields including the behavioral and health sciences. I've assisted with review of articles, and with preparation of grants, dissertations and papers.

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Statistics Jokes
Jul 6, 2011
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What's the difference between variance and standard deviation?
Aug 26, 2012
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What is the meaning of "All models are wrong, but some are useful"
Apr 27, 2013
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Is this really how p-values work? Can a million research papers per year be based on pure randomness?
Jul 19, 2015
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Percentile vs quantile vs quartile
Jun 13, 2015
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How to explain 1.5 children?
Oct 12, 2023
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What is the difference between a Normal and a Gaussian Distribution
Dec 19, 2014
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Warning in R - Chi-squared approximation may be incorrect
Jan 7, 2014
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Is it possible to change a hypothesis to match observed data (aka fishing expedition) and avoid an increase in Type I errors?
May 27, 2014
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Birthday paradox with a (huge) twist: Probability of sharing exact same date of birth with partner?
Mar 11, 2014

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