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March 24, 2006
Planned comparisons
Post tests following one-way ANOVA use a strict threshold for significance, so that the 5% significance level applies to the entire family of comparisons, rather than to any one particular comparison. But some statisticians argue that if you focus on just a few sceintifically sensible 'planned' comparisons, it is OK to not correct for multiple comparisons. More.

March 23, 2006
Mixed enzyme inhibiton
I added a short mention (with equation) about mixed enzyme inhibition to the article that already mentions uncompetitive and noncompetitive.

March 19, 2006
The perils of extrapolating
The Economist (weekly general news magazine) has a great short article showing the folly of extrapolation. They graph the maximum number of blades available on a disposable shaver (a five blade shaver was recently introduced) vs. year, fit the data to various models, and so predict what future shavers will be like!