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2010-06-08

This Is The Dumbest Goddamn Thing You Can Say About Statistics

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"A large population size must require a larger sample size." This -- or any iteration thereof -- is the dumbest goddamn thing you ...
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2010-06-03

Stuff that Shouldn't Work

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Making practice or test exercises is harder than you might first think before becoming a teacher. If you ever make a problem up on the fly w...
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2010-05-12

Number 91

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What's wrong with the number 91? Consider this: With just three exceptions, all of the composite numbers up to 100 have a factor of eith...
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2010-04-29

Counterexample to the CLT!?

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The introductory statistics text that I teach out of presents the Central Limit Theorem this way: The Central Limit Theorem (CLT): For a re...
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2010-04-27

Sets as Plastic Baggies

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Many times I've seen the use of set-braces (roster notation) compared to an "envelope". Here's one example (speaking of em...
2010-04-08

... In New Jersey

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So I got a few inquiries about the prior post on how a Psychology Today article could make me yell out loud. Yes, I was sitting in my apart...
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2010-03-25

Psych Today Article

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Any article that has me yelling out loud while I read it must be a good one. Highly recommended for several reasons: http://www.psychologyto...
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