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"N ow there are four chief obstacles to grasping truth, which hinder every man, however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to earn a clear title to knowledge; namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and concealment of our own ignorance accompanied by the ostentatious display of our knowledge."
Roger Bacon, Opus Majus.
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Recent Posts
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- Data Detour
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- Statistical Hearsay
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- Assessment’s Top Models
- Fun With Numbers
- Indentured Certitude
- The Path of Most Resistance
- Data Are Not Psychic
- Beauty Is As Beauty Does
- Library Science
- How Do You Know That?
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IMLS- MEDIA ADVISORY: Report Highlights Roles of Libraries and Museums in School Success June 17, 2013
- Blog: Pilot Project Serves Free Summer Lunch to Kids in Libraries June 17, 2013
- Blog: AAHC Forum: Collections Management Initiatives: Big Things Are Happening at the Harvey B. Gantt Center June 13, 2013
- White House Highlights Museum and Library “Champions of Change” June 10, 2013
- Blog Post: Food Revolution Day Pittsburgh June 10, 2013
- Blog Post: From Maker Fairs to Meet-Ups, Museums and Libraries Enjoy Hacking Celebration June 7, 2013
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Skyrocket Science
I am still on my excellence-in-graphical-data-presentation kick. Insufferably so, I am afraid. As my Feb. 16 post mentioned, the principles of high quality graphical data presentation have been articulated by William Cleveland, Edward Tufte, Howard Wainer and others. Good graphing … Continue reading
A-One-and-a-Two-and-a-Three
There’s a goodly amount of good advice in the book What the Numbers Say: A Field Guide to Mastering Our Numerical World by Derrick Niederman and David Boyum (2003, Broadway Books). The quantity of this advice is sizable, considerable, hefty, … Continue reading
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