Donald Keiller a plant physiologist at the University of Anglia wrote Briffa this October: "1) The appropriateness of the statistical analyses employed 2) The

Donald Keiller a plant physiologist at the University of Anglia wrote Briffa this October: "1) The appropriateness of the statistical analyses employed 2) The reliance on the same small datasets in these multiple studies 3) The concept of "teleconnection" by which certain trees respond to the "Global Temperature Field", rather than local climate 4) The assumption that tree ring width and density are related to temperature in a linear manner. Whilst I would not describe myself as an expert statistician, I do use inferential statistics routinely for both research and teaching and find difficulty in understanding the statistical rationale in these papers. As a plant physiologist I can say without hesitation that points 3 and 4 do not agree with the accepted science." See link for full email thread: http://www.eastangliaemails.com/emails.php?eid=1064&filename=1256760240.txt http://www.eastangliaemails.com/emails.php?eid=1064&file...