Statistics is the collection and modeling of data. By "modeling" I mean using probability to describe our uncertainty in values that data may take. Statistics, then, is applied probability. Probability…

Background A paradox is a mistake in thinking; an artificial, human creation which usually arises because a conclusion which follows from a set of beloved premises is itself unloved. Twitter…

The models in Part I might not have "felt right" to you. But if that is so it is because your diet of probability examples has been too narrowly constricted.…