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Strange Scholarship in the Wegman Report V1.0 09/26/10 normally studies humans. Graph theory and statistical techniques have been used for decades to study computer and communication networks without calling them social networks. Note: some text ascribed to this may actually be derived from the next, but the former was available online. [RIG2005] Rigsby, J.T. Block Models and Allegiance, MS Thesis, George Mason University, 2005. I have not found an online copy, but it is occasionally referenced for text that looks similar to [RIG2004]. Computational Statistics Outstanding M.S. Thesis 2005: www.galaxy.gmu.edu/stats/awards.html W.5.2 offers the possibility that this ―allegiance‖ idea is simply a reinvention of old ideas from SNA or cluster analysis, not used by anyone outside Wegman‘s group, and published in venues unlikely to be noticed by experts. Nobody expects MS students to know everything. [RUS2010] Muir Russell, The Independent Climate Change E-Mails Review, July 2010. (UK) www.cce-review.org/pdf/FINAL%20REPORT.pdf www.cce-review.org This 160-page report has much detail on Climategate. Scientists were cleared of wrongdoing, but criticized somewhat for responses to FOI requests. Chapter 7 is particularly relevant. [SAI2005] Yasmin Hassan. Said. AGENT-BASED SIMULATION OF ECOLOGICAL ALCOHOL SYSTEMS, Spring 2005. www.galaxy.gmu.edu/stats/syllabi/IT871/MasterCopyDissertation.pdf This includes the note: ―She enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in Computational Sciences in Fall 2003 and pursued the Ph.D. with a specialization in Computational Statistics with a 4.0 grade point average.‖ It indeed is an impressive achievement to do a PhD in 2 school years. Director: Wegman. Committee included David S. Anderson, Jeffrey L. Solka, William F. Wieczorek, David Wong, Jim X. Chen. Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award, 2005. www.galaxy.gmu.edu/stats/awards.html 44 Unfortunately, 5 pages seem to be plagiarized, A.9. This file disappeared August 2010, A.11, although [DEE2010p] referenced a Google cached copy on 09/15/10 ,and another copy is at: web.archive.org/web/20060905150733/www.galaxy.gmu.edu/stats/syllabi/ IT871/MasterCopyDissertation.pdf [SAI2007] Yasmin H. Said, Experiences with Congressional Testimony: Statistics and The Hockey Stick, George Mason University, Data and Statistical Sciences Colloquium Series, Sept 7, 2007. www.galaxy.gmu.edu/stats/colloquia/AbstractsFall2007/TalkSept7.pdf Infinite thanks to DC for this, which revealed much hidden information. This key file disappeared August 2010, but a copy is shown in A.11.2, and of course DC saved one also: deepclimate.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/said-talksept7.pdf See also [GMU2007, SAI2005, WEG2010]. [SAI2008] Yasmin H. Said, Edward J. Wegman, Walid K. Sharabati, John T.Rigsby, ―Social networks of author–coauthor relationships,‖ Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 52 (2008) 2177 – 2184. Received 8 July 2007; accepted 14 July 2007. web.ics.purdue.edu/~wsharaba/SNA/Author- Coauthor%20Relationships.pdf [SAI2008a] Yasmin H. Said, Edward J. Wegman, Walid K. Sharabati, ―Author-Coauthor Social Networks and Emerging Scientific Subfields,‖ CLADAG 2008. web.ics.purdue.edu/~wsharaba/SNA/Preferential%20Attachment.pdf [SCO2010] David Scott C.V., January 29, 2010 www.stat.rice.edu/~scottdw/cv.pdf This shows no obvious work in SNA or paleoclimate, leading one to think that such topics were mainly addressed by others. [SHA2006] Walid Sharabati, ―Edward J. Wegman‘s Author-Coauthor Social Network,‖ monograph, pp.16-44 of [WEG2006c], as pp.1-28. www.uoguelph.ca/~rmckitri/research/StupakResponse.pdf
Strange Scholarship in the Wegman Report V1.0 09/26/10 [SHA2008] Walid Sharabati, Multi-Mode and Evolutionary Networks, 10/31/08. PhD Dissertation, GMU. digilib.gmu.edu:8080/handle/1920/3384?mode=full Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award, 2008, one of two that year, W.5.7. www.galaxy.gmu.edu/stats/awards.html This is discussed [DEE2010p]. *[SIN1999] S. Fred Singer, Hot Talk Cold Science – Global warming‘s unfinished debate, Revised 2nd Ed, 1999. I originally read this in 2001, at which time the disparity between ground stations and (some) satellite results was still a legitimate scientific argument. *[SIN2007] S. Fred Singer, Dennis T. Avery, Unstoppable Global Warming every 1,500 years, 2007. It is a good exercise to read [SIN1999] first, and see evolution or lack thereof, especially in the light of major revisions to satellite and balloon results made around 2005. First global warming was not happening, then it was happening, but only natural. Policy advice stays constant: no CO2 restrictions. Much of Chapter 5 , p.55-74, is attack on hockey stick. *[SOL2008] Lawrence Solomon, The Deniers, 2008. (Canada). This collected a series of articles in the National Post . www.desmogblog.com/the-deniers-the-world-renowned-scientists-whodont-actually-deny-global-warming Chapter 2 of 14 (p.9-22), ―The Case of the Disappearing Hockey Stick‖ gives Wegman and this topic the most prominent place in the book. *[SOO2003] Willie Soon, Sallie Baliunas, ―Proxy climatic and environmental changes of the past 1000 years,‖ Climate Research Vol. 23:89-110, 2003. Submitted: 04/11/02; Accepted: 08/29/02; Published 01/31/03. www.cfa.harvard.edu/~wsoon/1000yrclimatehistory-d/Jan30- ClimateResearchpaper.pdf en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soon_and_Baliunas_controversy This (poor) paper by two astrophysicists eventually resulted in mass resignations, because the publisher would not let Editor-in-Chief von Storch repudiate it. See [DEF2002] and the longer de Freitas discussion in 45 [MAS2010], in which Soon was reviewing [DEF2002] during the time when de Freitas was handling this paper. This paper strongly references early Lamb work (from which the [IPC1990] sketch was derived) and devotes much effort to claiming global synchrony and strength of the MWP, so it seems one of the main antecedents for Meme-56❶. It references 7 of the WR‘s uncited or weakly cited papers: Biondi (1991), Bradley, Jones (1993), Briffa (2001), Crowley, Lowery (2000), Huang, et al (1997), Huang (2000), Jones, et al (1998). While these are referenced elsewhere, it seems possible that this paper may have been the original source of some, selected either by MM+TT or Spencer. #[TAM2010] tamino, ―The Montford Delusion,‖ 07/22/10 www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2010/07/the-montford-delusion tamino is the pseudonym of a statistical expert (especially on time series) with a strong, credible history of articles at his blog: tamino.wordpress.com His real-world identity is well-known and should be obvious to anyone who looks at that site. He has authored peer-reviewed work whose coauthors are well-published climate scientists. [MON2010] created a story in essence from McIntyre‘s viewpoint. This is credible debunk in one place, a useful place to start for the reader who does not want to wade through numerous blog posts to find the statistics discussion. The attached commentary thread is also enlightening. [TEB2005] Claudia Tebaldi, Richard L. Smith, Doug Nychka, Linda O. Mearns, ―Quantifying Uncertainty in Projections of Regional Climate Change: A Bayesian Approach to the Analysis of Multimodel Ensembles,‖ J. Climate 18, 1524-1540. journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/JCLI3363.1 See also [LI2007]. [USC2005] US Climate Change Science Program, Participants, 14=16 Nov. 2005. www.climatescience.gov/workshop2005/participants.htm Attendees include: Ebell, Horner (CEI); Herlong, Kueter (GMI); Singer, McIntyre, Spencer, Wegman, Said.
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