andrewpgrieve.bsky.social
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Grandpa - thrice, retired after 49 years as a Statistician in Pharma , over 40 years promoting Bayesian approaches, 4 years as hobby academic King's Coll London, Cerevisaphile.
and played the opening song from his set Tonight's the Night a new song about the death from heroin of a long-time roadie. The only saving grace was that the band opening for him was the Eagles on their 1st UK tour who were brilliant.
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
and played the opening song from his set Tonight's the Night a new song about the death from heroin of a long-time roadie. The only saving grace was that the band opening for him was the Eagles on their 1st UK tour who were brilliant.
That reminds me of a 1973 Neil Young concert at the Rainbow in London. He had had a huge hit with Harvest the year before bur refused to play those songs. At one point when the audience was booing and demanding Harvest songs he said "I'll play you a song you've heard before" ...
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
That reminds me of a 1973 Neil Young concert at the Rainbow in London. He had had a huge hit with Harvest the year before bur refused to play those songs. At one point when the audience was booing and demanding Harvest songs he said "I'll play you a song you've heard before" ...
does not represent the probability that the null hypothesis is true. Is it our fault as a profession for not explaining, is it their fault for not understanding, or is it the fault of the concepts themselves?"
A.P.Grieve (1992) Royal Statistical Society News and Notes, 18(7), 3-4.
A.P.Grieve (1992) Royal Statistical Society News and Notes, 18(7), 3-4.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
does not represent the probability that the null hypothesis is true. Is it our fault as a profession for not explaining, is it their fault for not understanding, or is it the fault of the concepts themselves?"
A.P.Grieve (1992) Royal Statistical Society News and Notes, 18(7), 3-4.
A.P.Grieve (1992) Royal Statistical Society News and Notes, 18(7), 3-4.
From the same source as yesterday: "It is 43 years since the recognised beginning of the modern era in clinical statistics; 43 years since Bradford Hill was successful in introducing Fisherian ideas into medical research, yet 43 years in which clinicians have still not grasped that a p-value
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
From the same source as yesterday: "It is 43 years since the recognised beginning of the modern era in clinical statistics; 43 years since Bradford Hill was successful in introducing Fisherian ideas into medical research, yet 43 years in which clinicians have still not grasped that a p-value
Pain in the arse, right?
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Pain in the arse, right?
"If we are unable to educate clinicians then merely persuading them to use CI's rather than p-values is to replace
the unthinking use of one technique with that of another."
A.P.Grieve (1992) Royal Statistical Society News and Notes, 18(7), 3-4.
the unthinking use of one technique with that of another."
A.P.Grieve (1992) Royal Statistical Society News and Notes, 18(7), 3-4.
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"If we are unable to educate clinicians then merely persuading them to use CI's rather than p-values is to replace
the unthinking use of one technique with that of another."
A.P.Grieve (1992) Royal Statistical Society News and Notes, 18(7), 3-4.
the unthinking use of one technique with that of another."
A.P.Grieve (1992) Royal Statistical Society News and Notes, 18(7), 3-4.
The discipline of statistics itself cannot influence, cannot persuade, cannot interact, cannot design, cannot analyse and cannot interpret. Statisticians can and do."
A.P.Grieve (2006). The professionalisation of the shoe clerk. JRSS Series A, 158, 639-656.
A.P.Grieve (2006). The professionalisation of the shoe clerk. JRSS Series A, 158, 639-656.
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The discipline of statistics itself cannot influence, cannot persuade, cannot interact, cannot design, cannot analyse and cannot interpret. Statisticians can and do."
A.P.Grieve (2006). The professionalisation of the shoe clerk. JRSS Series A, 158, 639-656.
A.P.Grieve (2006). The professionalisation of the shoe clerk. JRSS Series A, 158, 639-656.
"Many of the addresses have tackled issues that are associated with widening the influence of statistics- essentially through outreach. One aspect of this laudable objective that is not always considered is the statisticians themselves....
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"Many of the addresses have tackled issues that are associated with widening the influence of statistics- essentially through outreach. One aspect of this laudable objective that is not always considered is the statisticians themselves....
At times I've used all three, but I'm a medievalist at heart.
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
At times I've used all three, but I'm a medievalist at heart.
Couldn't agree more. Grieve's 1st Law of Influential Statisticians: design, design, design = D to the power 3.
doi.org/10.1002/pst.5
doi.org/10.1002/pst.5
Do statisticians count? A personal view
The number of statisticians working in the pharmaceutical industry has risen 50-fold since the formation of PSI in 1977. It would be comforting to think that the influence of statisticians within the...
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Couldn't agree more. Grieve's 1st Law of Influential Statisticians: design, design, design = D to the power 3.
doi.org/10.1002/pst.5
doi.org/10.1002/pst.5
I'm convinced the solution is to train more statisticians and include them as team members. Had this discussion with a UK MRC toxicologist 20 years ago who wanted more statistical support to prevent the copying from subject matter journals of incorrect, out-of-date methods.
October 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm convinced the solution is to train more statisticians and include them as team members. Had this discussion with a UK MRC toxicologist 20 years ago who wanted more statistical support to prevent the copying from subject matter journals of incorrect, out-of-date methods.
From the New York Times.
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
From the New York Times.
Used to make these at University in the early 70s. Delicious.
September 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Used to make these at University in the early 70s. Delicious.
Fieller's theorem by Edgar Fieller.
Should it be pronounced F - ee- ller's theorem or F - eye- ller's. I know how his son Nick, statistician at Sheffield University, pronounced it.
Should it be pronounced F - ee- ller's theorem or F - eye- ller's. I know how his son Nick, statistician at Sheffield University, pronounced it.
September 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Fieller's theorem by Edgar Fieller.
Should it be pronounced F - ee- ller's theorem or F - eye- ller's. I know how his son Nick, statistician at Sheffield University, pronounced it.
Should it be pronounced F - ee- ller's theorem or F - eye- ller's. I know how his son Nick, statistician at Sheffield University, pronounced it.
I remember seeing "Barefoot in the Park" at boarding school, and skipping out of school on a Satrurday night to go and see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid with these guys in 1968, it's me on the left, in white jumper.
September 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I remember seeing "Barefoot in the Park" at boarding school, and skipping out of school on a Satrurday night to go and see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid with these guys in 1968, it's me on the left, in white jumper.
I checked my own papers to make sure I haven't committed this sin. I haven't yet. I have used the phrase "seminal paper" three times in describing Armitage, McPherson and Rowe's paper on multiple sequential testing, Ross Prentice's on surrogate endpoints and Harold Wikensky's on professionization.
September 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I checked my own papers to make sure I haven't committed this sin. I haven't yet. I have used the phrase "seminal paper" three times in describing Armitage, McPherson and Rowe's paper on multiple sequential testing, Ross Prentice's on surrogate endpoints and Harold Wikensky's on professionization.
I am disappointed. When I lived in Köln, Turkish pastries were one of my guilty pleasures.
August 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I am disappointed. When I lived in Köln, Turkish pastries were one of my guilty pleasures.
I would have been able to make a lot of tarte tatins with them.
August 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I would have been able to make a lot of tarte tatins with them.
I'm with you.
August 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I'm with you.
It sounds like the modern equivalent of, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." The modern version being, "Those who can, research. Those who can't, meta-science."
August 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It sounds like the modern equivalent of, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." The modern version being, "Those who can, research. Those who can't, meta-science."
Me sat next to the author (Douglas Adams) in the dormitory at boarding school in 1967.
August 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Me sat next to the author (Douglas Adams) in the dormitory at boarding school in 1967.