public databases

The CDC reports that the overall occurence of HIV in the US is about one-half of one percent, depending on risk group, of course.  Combine these numbers with the published sensitivity and specificity of the fast HIV test, and you’ve got a great lecture on Bayes’ Theorem.Tip from the Drudge Report. Update (30 January).  Changed… Read more

By way of the always entertaining Parkway Rest Stop, I found the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Sex Offender Database. It’s useful to know this stuff, even if I didn’t want to know it. Read more