I don’t care about your tour of the clubhouse
Enough with the pitch count! It was 88 last pitch---and even with my limited mathematical ability I can figure out that the next must be 89. Keep quiet about on-base…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
The only two reasons for statistics
This short post is for reference. I will point back to it from time to time. Reason 1: to say something about the past Examples: counting seasonal numbers of wins…
Posted inCulture
Omni magazine: a tribute
Crap. Some kind of psychobabble how-to. Crap. Romance novel, romance novel, something in a plastic binder---and it's sticky!, ah geez---crap, crap, crap. Wait...what's that one. With the psychedelic cover. Do…
Posted inFun
I’ve changed my mind about global warming
The CATO ad is what got me thinking. Maybe the real reason I didn't sign is because I knew that I might be wrong on global warming. And if I…
Posted inStatistics
The ad I wish CATO would have run
I did not think to say this to CATO when they sent me an email requesting I sign their ad. I should have suggested this alternative, and as our Uncle…
Posted inCulture
Did a psychic solve the Tabitha Horn murder case?
This was an investigation that I did a long time ago, but I never properly wrote up. I was inspired to finally do so by reading Joe Nickell's similar sleuthing…
Posted inBook review
Mini book reviews
This is mostly catch up...I'm spending my free time getting ready for a talk on the 15th... A History of the Vikings Gwyn Jones Oxford University Press Recommendation: read If…
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A day in the life of a statistician
24 March 2009 3:01 am. Up. Not that I want to be, but I am. I have to give a lecture at 6:30 am to a bunch of surgical residents.…
