by Craig Marker | Dec 11, 2006 | Uncategorized
The gap between “declared preferences” (what you say you’ll do) and “expressed preferences” (what you actually do) … Sometimes we say we will do something with the full belief that we will do it. But as willing as the spirit may be, the flesh is often less...
by Craig Marker | Dec 10, 2006 | Uncategorized
Below are some quotes from Donald Rumsfeld and from Rob Zombie. Can you tell the difference?1) Great things come out of being hungry and cold.2) Learn to say “I don’t know.” If used when appropriate, it will be often.3)You can’t worry about a...
by Craig Marker | Dec 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
Let’s say that your company is having a holiday party. As part of the festivities, they give gifts of lottery tickets. In Florida, we have a game called Lotto. The Florida Lotto has a person pick 6 numbers (numbers can be 1 to 53). A person wins a prize if he or...
by Craig Marker | Dec 7, 2006 | Uncategorized
There is great potential for a new site called Swivel that allows people to upload and explore data. For example, if you are an Orlando Cepeda fan (played baseball from 1958 to 1974), you can download his player statistics for his career. There currently seems to be...
by Craig Marker | Dec 5, 2006 | Uncategorized
As part of writing a syllabus for statistics courses, I attempt to inspire people who may be more afraid of statistics. One such inspiration I confabulated is that a Nobel Prize winner once said that we should buy gifts for our enemies because they teach us so much...
by Craig Marker | Dec 5, 2006 | Uncategorized
Slate magazine has a great story on the BCS College Football Bowl Championship. An earlier post on this blog discussed the error in all Sports’ playoff systems.Here is an excerpt from the Slate article:”No. The fact that the Wolverines are probably the...
