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Minitab Blog
Company blog · blog.minitab.com/blogdatamath
Minitab Blog is the company blog at blog.minitab.com, writing about data and math. Since 2014, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Regression Analysis: How Do I Interpret R-squared? (2013)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Minitab's statistics blog as a reference for p-values, precision versus accuracy, and false positives in research. The comments cite it as support rather than praising the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Tips and Techniques for Statistics and Quality Improvement. Blog posts and articles about using Minitab software in quality improvement projects, research, and more.
Most-linked posts?
- Regression Analysis: How Do I Interpret R-squared? (2013)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-10-19
- What Are Degrees of Freedom in Statistics?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-11-01
What Hacker News says?
> This is boat allocation on Titanic all over again. Contrary to James Cameron's abominable film, boat allocation on the Titanic was quite fair. One's odds of survival were better in First Class, but this was likely due to First Class passengers being closer to the life boats. Notably, women & children had a markedly better chance of surviving than men, despite not being notably 'privileged' in early 20th century so…
Comment linking /blog/real-world-quality-improvement/analyzing-titanic-survival-rates
on “United removes first-class passenger to make room for 'higher-priority' traveler”Submitted What Are Degrees of Freedom in Statistics? as a story · 25 points
HN discussionThen that is incorrect. The situation is simultaneously better and worse than your interpretation: > while a low P value indicates that your data are unlikely > assuming a true null, it can’t evaluate which of two > competing cases is more likely: > * The null is true but your sample was unusual. > * The null is false. You're conflating the two populations, and indeed we don't know which is which. But the P-value is…
Comment linking /blog/adventures-in-statistics-2/how-to-correctly-interpret-p-values
on “The Irreproducibility Crisis of Modern Science”Submitted So Why Is It Called “Regression,” Anyway? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionPrimarily because "correctness" is likely to be subjective or difficult to define, while "accuracy" is not. That said, the terms more often used here are "precise, but not accurate" ( http://blog.minitab.com/blog/real-world-quality-improvement/... ) but note that this uses a different meaning for accuracy than parent used. For example, say you use 22/7 to derive the value of pi. You can easily calculate it to 60 or…
Comment linking /blog/real-world-quality-improvement/accuracy-vs-precision-whats-the-difference
on “Making Sense of Super Smash Bros. Melee”Submitted Regression Analysis: How Do I Interpret R-squared? (2013) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThere are lots of reasons you could get a false positive result that have nothing to do with chance: e.g. non-representative sample, miscalibrated equipment, biased methodology, researcher fraud, flawed statistical analysis, etc. C.f. http://blog.minitab.com/blog/adventures-in-statistics/how-to...
Comment linking /blog/adventures-in-statistics/how-to-correctly-interpret-p-values
on “Registered clinical trials make positive findings vanish”Submitted The Odds of Finding a Four-Leaf Clover as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted So why is it called regression anyway? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Taguchi Designs Differ from Factorial Designs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Are Degrees of Freedom in Statistics (for the Layman) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Regression Analysis:How Do I Interpret R-squared and Assess the Goodness-Of-Fit? as a story · 1 points
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