by Craig Marker | Jan 22, 2007 | Uncategorized
In the beginning of the 20th century, the Guinness Brewing Company made an innovative move that changed the world of statistics. They hired William Gosset, a mathematician and chemist (they actually hired him for his chemistry skills, but it was his mathematical...
by Craig Marker | Jan 19, 2007 | Uncategorized
The Mahalanobis Blog has an interesting comment on nonlinear relations (the blog is actually on a much different topic). His example is uses a straight line to describe a relationship, when the relationship is much more complicated. Rather than summarizing it, here is...
by Craig Marker | Jan 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
Softwarefor.org has made a compilation download of free software for students. The software is for Windows and Mac operating systems. One of the most important pieces are Openoffice.org’s suite of office applications. These programs are very similar to Microsoft...
by Craig Marker | Jan 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
I have recently found a replacement for the StatTalk podcasts. It is the StatTalk Blog. I am (honestly) extremely excited.
by Craig Marker | Jan 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
A paper recently appeared in the December issue of Notices of the American Mathematical Society, entitled “Better Ways to Cut a Cake.” Science News has an interesting review of this article describing how people can split cake. Here is an excerpt:a...
