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The Kibble Buffet Experiment

Posted on May 12, 2020 by statswithcats

My three indoor cats are all seniors now, so I’m even more concerned that they have a healthy diet. I feed them both wet and dry food. They share most of two cans of wet food per day and have … Continue reading →

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DARE TO COMPARE – PART 3

Posted on December 1, 2018 by statswithcats

Parts 1 and 2 of Dare to Compare summarized fundamental topics about simple statistical comparisons. Part 3 shows how those concepts play a role in conducting statistical tests. The importance of these concept are highlighted in the following table. Test … Continue reading →

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Dare to Compare – Part 1

Posted on September 4, 2018 by statswithcats

In school, you probably had to line up by height now and then. That wasn’t too difficult. There weren’t too many individuals being lined up and they were all in the same place at the same time. An individual’s place … Continue reading →

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Five Things You Should Know Before Taking Statistics 101

Posted on May 15, 2011 by statswithcats

Of the over two million college degrees that are granted in the U.S. every year, including those earned at accredited online colleges nationwide, probably two-thirds require completion of a statistics class. That’s over a million and a half students taking … Continue reading →

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Polls Apart

Posted on May 8, 2011 by statswithcats

Election season is fast approaching so you can be sure a plethora of polls will soon be adding to the mayhem. Polls educate us in two ways. They tell us what we, or at least the population being polled, think. … Continue reading →

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Regression Fantasies: Part III

Posted on May 2, 2011 by statswithcats

Is Your Regression Model Telling the Truth? There are many technologies we use in our lives without really understanding how they work. Television. Computers. Cell phones. Microwave ovens. Cars. Even many things about the human body are not well understood. … Continue reading →

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It’s All Relative

Posted on March 20, 2011 by statswithcats

It’s easy to quote someone out of context to impart a false impression. A movie critic might write a review saying, “This film is a delight compared to a colonoscopy” only to be quoted as saying, “This film is a … Continue reading →

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Six Misconceptions about Statistics You May Get From Stats 101

Posted on February 20, 2011 by statswithcats

When you learn new things, you can develop misconceptions. Maybe it’s the result of something you didn’t understand correctly. Maybe it’s the way the instructor explains something. Or maybe, it’s something unspoken, something you assume or infer from what was … Continue reading →

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Consumer Guide to Statistics 101

Posted on February 13, 2011 by statswithcats

Whether you took or are taking an introductory course on statistics, you probably didn’t get to choose from a dozen candidate offerings. You had to take the specific course required for your major. You can, though, evaluate what you got. … Continue reading →

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A Picture Worth 140,000 Words

Posted on January 22, 2011 by statswithcats

Even if it’s been a while since your last statistics class, when you read Stats with Cats: The Domesticated Guide to Statistics, Models, Graphs, and Other Breeds of Data Analysis you’ll figure out that there’s much more to data analysis … Continue reading →

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