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* It is important to note the isolation of the [[paleoclimate]] community; even though they rely heavily on statistical methods they do not seem to be interacting with the statistical community. Additionally, we judge that the sharing of research materials, data and results was haphazardly and grudgingly done. In this case we judge that there was too much reliance on [[peer review]], which was not necessarily independent. Moreover, the work has been sufficiently [[politicization of science|politicized]] that this community can hardly reassess their public positions without losing credibility. Overall, our committee believes that [[Michael Mann|Dr. Mann]]’s assessments that the decade of the 1990s was the hottest decade of the millennium and that 1998 was the hottest year of the millennium cannot be supported by his analysis. [http://republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/108/home/07142006_Wegman_fact_sheet.pdf]

* It is important to note the isolation of the [[paleoclimate]] community; even though they rely heavily on statistical methods they do not seem to be interacting with the statistical community. Additionally, we judge that the sharing of research materials, data and results was haphazardly and grudgingly done. In this case we judge that there was too much reliance on [[peer review]], which was not necessarily independent. Moreover, the work has been sufficiently [[politicization of science|politicized]] that this community can hardly reassess their public positions without losing credibility. Overall, our committee believes that [[Michael Mann|Dr. Mann]]’s assessments that the decade of the 1990s was the hottest decade of the millennium and that 1998 was the hottest year of the millennium cannot be supported by his analysis. [http://republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/108/home/07142006_Wegman_fact_sheet.pdf]

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==See also==

*[[Hockey stick graph]]

[[Hockey stick graph]]