Content by Eston Martz
Bewildering Things Statisticians Say: ‘Failure to Reject the Null Hypothesis’ If you’re going to chat the stat lingo, get its meaning right
Thu, 01/31/2013 - 10:24
Subcultures have languages all their own. Teen gangs, statisticians, gamers, music buffs, sports nuts, furries—all use terminology that baffles outsiders. The arcane language helps identify kindred spirits: Using the correct phrase proves you belong… Three Dangerous Statistical MistakesHint: They’re not about adding and subtracting
Wed, 12/14/2011 - 12:51
It’s all too easy to make mistakes involving statistics. Statistical software can remove a lot of the difficulty surrounding statistical calculation, reducing the risk of mathematical errors, but correctly interpreting the results of an analysis… Understanding the Central Limit TheoremTumbling dice and birthdays
Wed, 08/26/2009 - 05:00
Story update 8/27/2009: An error was spotted and corrected by author in paragraph starting with "The population mean for a six-sided die..."
Mark Twain famously quipped that there were three ways to avoid telling the truth: lies, damned lies, and…