Indeed, his work and that of Bo Li (a colaborator of Ammann) demonstrate that the climate community does have access to
competent statisticians.
Competent statisticians like McIntyre and Burger & Cusbach have turned their attention to the paleo studies and their criticisms have been withering.
If these kinds of questions can not be settled by
competent statisticians, we're all in a lot of trouble.
I hope the issue can be given sufficient prominence — and discussed between you and other
competent statisticians — sufficiently so that AR5 can not ignore it.
In fact
any competent statistician will tell you that an enlarged database is less useful in obtaining justice than a small, exclusive database of serious criminals.
Is it honest to keep harping on the pause when
any competent statistician can show you that the uncertainty in your measurements prevents you from eliminating either the hypothesis or the null.
Not exact matches
Unfortunately no good data on what percentage of folks working as
statisticians (with degrees) are
competent in a clinical research setting — my guess / prior is 10 %