Thanks to a hot tip from Lucia, over at the Diet Diary, I have become wiser about spam. I installed the wp-spamfree plug-in and we’ll see how that works. OLD “I have […]
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Stats 101: Chapter 5
Update: 21 May 4:45 am. I forgot to actually upload the file until right this moment. Thanks to Mike and Harry for the reminder. Chapter 5 is ready to go. This is […]
Stats 101: Chapter 4
Chapter 4 is ready to go. This is where it starts to get weird. The first part of the chapter introduces the standard notation of “random” variables, and then works through a […]
Stats 101: Chapter 3
Three is ready to go. I should re-emphasize one of the goals of this book. It is meant to be for that large host of unfortunates who are forced—I mean required—to take […]
Stats 101: Chapter 2
Chapter 2 is now ready for downloading—it can be found at this link. This chapter is all about basic probability, with an emphasis on understanding and not on mechanics. Because of this, […]
The Sean Bell shooting and probability
Yesterday, there were several protests in New York City. The participants were “outraged” over the recent acquittal of two black cops and one Lebanese cop who shot and killed Sean Bell, who […]
Stats 101: Chapter 1
UPDATE: If you downloaded the chapter before 6 am on 4 May, please download another copy. An older version contained fonts that were not available on all computers, causing it to look […]
Hitting or Pitching. Which wins more games?
By Tim Murray and William Briggs You obviously need to score runs to win baseball games, and buying better hitters does this for a team. But you also need to keep your […]
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