Monthly Archives: May 2006

Detrended in Amherst

May 5, 2006 – 2:54 PM

Wahl et al [2006 ] fulminated as follows : The VS04 results have been interpreted to cast serious doubt on the MBH reconstruction. … However, these results are in large part dependent on a detrending step not used by MBH, which is physically inappropriate and statistically not required. The take-away message for the climate community […]

By Stephen McIntyre | Posted in MBH98, Replication | Tagged , | Comments (27)

Reconciling Zorita

May 5, 2006 – 7:15 AM

Eduardo Zorita and I are in the process of reconciling some results. We have taken one issue off the table – VZ implemented Mannian PCs accurately enough that this does not account for any differences between our results and theirs. So I take back some observations and I’ll place updates in appropriate places. In fairness […]

By Stephen McIntyre | Posted in MBH98, Replication | Tagged | Comments (49)

NY Times: For Science’s Gatekeepers, a Credibility Gap

May 4, 2006 – 2:34 AM

From the NY Times, a wide-ranging article on the problems of journal peer-review: Recent disclosures of fraudulent or flawed studies in medical and scientific journals have called into question as never before the merits of their peer-review system. The system is based on journals inviting independent experts to critique submitted manuscripts. The stated aim is […]

By John A | Posted in News and Commentary | Comments (47)

Predict future climate change!

May 3, 2006 – 1:46 AM

[Steve: Editorial comment] – This is John A’s post. I do not agree with his editorial flourishes linking this to models. I view the following as illustrating the defects of sole reliance by multiproxy reconstructions on the RE statistic – a statistic for which there are no distribution tables and which is little known or […]

By John A | Posted in Spurious, Statistics | Comments (68)

Eduardo Zorita Comments…

May 2, 2006 – 6:46 AM

Eduardo Zorita sent the following in as a comment on earlier postings. As I did on a similar occasion with Rob Wilson, I’m re-posting this as a separate post on its own to ensure that it’s properly noted.

By Stephen McIntyre | Posted in MBH98 | Comments (22)