http://www.politico.com/story/2013/1...488.html?hp=r3
all you self righteous s who talk about how dumb conservatives are can go fist yourselves in your hypocritical asses
I’ve got to confess, though, I found this result surprising. As I pushed the button to run the analysis on my computer, I fully expected I’d be shown a modest negative correlation between identifying with the Tea Party and science comprehension,” Kahan wrote.
“But then again, I don’t know a single person who identifies with the Tea Party,” he continued. “All my impressions come from watching cable tv...
What do they know about credit unions?
Significance? Nope. I also didn't read on the prof's post where he said they were significant. That's a pretty weak correlation. According to the P value they are significant the 95 percentile but with the r value is so ing tiny that its absolutely meaningless.
Last edited by MannyIsGod; 10-17-2013 at 03:26 PM.
I will say this, the quote Darrin posted makes this guy seem like a tool and him being "surprised" by a meaningless statistic is even more damning. If I tried to claim significance with an rsquared value of 0.025 with any of my work I'd be a fool.
What he actually said:
Next time I collect data, too, I won't be surprised at all if the correlations between science comprehension and political ideology or identification with the Tea Party movement disappear or flip their signs. These effects are trivially small, & if I sample 2000+ people it's pretty likely any discrepancy I see will be "statistically significant"--which has precious little to do with "practically significant."
Oh, one last thing. M>S fails per usual. The comparison was between tea party members and non tea party members not liberals. I don't think you should claim scientific literacy until you at least learn to read, TBH.
His blog comes across snarky like a liberal DarrinS.
That's better I guess. But then why claim to be surprised at all?
He's a law professor with a blog, not Nate Silver.
Would an economics professor with a blog have been surprised?
The thing I find interesting is how sheltered this guy is. He doesn't know ANYONE who associates with the tea party? Needs to get out more.
I don't think an economics professor with a blog would have thought one way or another about such a weak correlation.
Edit: but no, I would not have been surprised to find that in a sample of 2,000, the raw outcome showed any group higher than any other
I don't know if I personally know any. Plenty of conservatives, not tea partiers. Maybe I should meet more scientists.
He's an academic; should actively seek differing points of view, and avoid echo chambers. I think the prof. is happy in his.
Maybe all the Tea Partiers go to Princeton and Harvard Law instead
Obviously all the Tea Partiers go to MIT and Cal Tech.
Way to T Park up a Ted Cruz joke, Manny.
I guess this is as good a time as any to reveal who I really am.
!!Warning!!
Insignificant Ted Cruz Joke Crossing
Smarter than libs in science...http://www.politico.com/story/2013/1...488.html?hp=r3
This is such a twisted conclusion; but it fits a wannabe nazi brain perfectly.
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