NUCLEAR THEORY DEGREE ZERO, WITH TWO CHEERS FOR DERRIDA

Two Cheers for Psychiatry

Critics within psychiatry suggest that too many people are being classified as 'ill' and in need of treatment. Are psychiatrists casting their nets too wide and is society too psychiatry conscious?

Two Cheers for Gentrification

Two cheers for P-values?

P-values are a practical success but a critical failure. Scientists the world over use them, but scarcely a statistician can be found to defend them. Bayesians in particular find them ridiculous, but even the modern frequentist has little time for them. In this essay, I consider what, if anything, might be said in their favour.

Two Cheers for Czech Democracy

The paper discusses the state of Czech democracy and current research agendas on democracy in the Czech Republic, focusing in particular on the role of political parties. It considers Czech democracy both in relation to Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and in the light of the evolving relationship between CEE and Western Europe. It suggests that current CEE states such as the Czech Republic gra...

Two cheers for P-values?

© 2001 Isis Medical Media Limited Abstract P-values are a practical success but a critical failure. Scientists the world over use them, but scarcely a statistician can be found to defend them. Bayesians in particular find them ridiculous, but even the modern frequentist has little time for them. In this essay, I consider what, if anything, might be said in their favour.