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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (7023)	7/14/2006 9:35:07 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 36917

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To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (7023)	7/14/2006 9:44:27 AM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36917

I understand that the results of the report are already out. The report commissioned by the House Energy Committee, due to be released today, backs up and reinforces that conclusion. The three researchers -- Edward J. Wegman of George Mason University, David W. Scott of Rice University and Yasmin H. Said of Johns Hopkins University -- are not climatologists; they're statisticians. Their task was to look at Mr. Mann's methods from a statistical perspective and assess their validity. Their conclusion is that Mr. Mann's papers are plagued by basic statistical errors that call his conclusions into doubt. Further, Professor Wegman's report upholds the finding of Messrs. McIntyre and McKitrick that Mr. Mann's methodology is biased toward producing "hockey stick" shaped graphs." (Wall Street Journal) Before you attempt to smear Professor Wegman, here is his resume: galaxy.gmu.edu