Mining for Gold or Just Kicking Rocks? - 7/14/2025
A tale of two subgroups, one that failed and one that changed a label, revealing why logic, not just math, must drive subgroup thinking.
Cures We Never Imagined, Inefficiencies We Never Needed - 7/7/2025
A call to rethink our regulatory interpretations, especially in early-phase research, and to refocus on patient impact, not just procedural perfection.
When the Data Speaks, and Still Fails: Lessons from a Promising sPLA2 Inhibitor - 6/30/2025
I still have trouble believing these events.
The Hidden Statistical Error That’s Costing Time, Money, and Patients - 6/23/2025
How a Quiet Violation of Statistical Logic Undermines Your Trial Outcomes
The Aim Is the Same: How Parenting Informs Quantitative Reasoning — with a Focus on Statistics and Pharmacometrics - 6/16/2025
Learn why it’s best for quantitative disciplines to collaborate, not compete.
A Well-Tailored Suit: Now That’s the Bomb - 6/9/2025
See how a sharp-fitting suit and a sharp-fitting model have more in common than you think.
Eighty-Five Years at the Frontiers of Clinical Pharmacology - 6/2/2025
Learn about the Lilly Clinic: a place that had impact.
What My Parents Taught Me About Drug Pricing - 5/26/2025
Moving to a more "Macro" topic. See if this logic makes sense to you.
Teaser Revealed and a Scientific Journal Quibble - 5/19/2025
Once you agree that the model that has the higher likelihood is the better one. There is still an issue. Are the likelihoods truly different from each other? Find out how I think you can determine this.
Likelihood is where it is at, Jack - 5/12/2025
There are a lot of times when one has two models that they wish to compare for their "predictive performance." Without careful contemplation as to the metric of comparison one may be left in the cold.
The Hidden Spring: My Statistical Awakening - 5/5/2025
A peak at the origins of my fascination with analytical sciences.
Adding A Tool to the Toolbox of Drug Development - 4/28/2025
Conventional wisdom tends to a singular approach of drug development. This article wonders if there can be situations where there is a better alternative to what is nearly always adopted. This thought is driven by clinical pharmacology understanding.
A Verity or Triviality? - 4/14/2025
A thought about determining the sample size for a study
Why a Record Player Can Improve Your Work Relations - 4/7/2025
Find out the surprising reason why.
Vacation, Horse Racing, and Drug Development - 3/31/2025
See how seemingly unrelated are related.
March Madness, Implication for Other Sports - 3/24/2025
A Method for Ranking teams (Based on Statistics!)
Advice to Quantitative Scientists - 3/10/2025
A little perspective of a component necessary to be a great quantitative scientist.
Keeping Up With the Bernoullis - 3/17/2025
Nothing like a little history in mathematics article. Enjoy.