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Tag Archives: stats with cats
It’s All Greek
When Humpty Dumpty uses a word, it means just what he chooses it to mean, neither more nor less. To people not conversant in a technical specialty, it seems that all the experts are Humpty Dumptys. Statistics is no exception. … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, information, jargon, journal, math, mean, Normal distribution, probability, standardization, statistical analysis, statistical tests, statistics, stats with cats, uncertainty
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Weapons of Math Production
In theory, if you have the free time, you can calculate any statistic you might need using nothing more than a pencil and paper. After all, it’s just matrix mathematics. With a lot of data or a complicated procedure, though, … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, hardware, math, PCs, R language, SAS, software, SPSS, statistical analysis, statistics, stats with cats
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Try This At Home
We are all awash in statistics. Every day, we see the probability of precipitation, the results of opinion polls, changes in the stock market, your grades in school, or the batting average of the baseball team you follow. It’s surprising, … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, cell phone, hobby, information, journal, politics, probability, software, statistical analysis, statistics, stats with cats, trend, tv
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Reality Statistics
During the 1970s, statistical analyses were done on mainframe computers that were as big as elephants. They were sequestered in their own climate-controlled quarters, waited on command and reboot by a priesthood of system operators. Conducting a 1970s era statistical … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, hardware, PCs, polls, SAS, software, SPSS, statistics, stats with cats, surveys
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Stats With Cats: What’s inside
Stats With Cats is a great companion to any introductory textbook in statistics. You won’t find a lot of equations or descriptions of the central limit theorem, probability, and hypothesis testing. You can find that information in traditional statistical texts. … Continue reading
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Tagged accuracy, cats, information, math, Normal distribution, polls, population, precision, sample size, samples, statistical analysis, statistical tests, statistics, stats with cats, surveys, t distribution, trend, uncertainty
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Stats With Cats Blog 