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Gratuitous Blog Post for a XKCD link

April 13, 2026March 6, 2009 by Michael A. Allen

Just got out of a bayesian stats workshop and saw this: I am sure I will see it a few more times as I go down my blogroll for the day… Edit: Looks like one blog on the list beat me to it. Michael A. AllenMichael A. Allen is an Associate Professor of Political Science … Read more

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