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Song: We Are the Statletes
A song that reviews several statistical topics written by University of Texas at El Paso professor Lawrence M. Lesser. The song is a parody of "We Are the Champions" written by Freddy Mercury that... |
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Quote: Mandelbrot on Probability
"The theory of probability is the only mathematical tool available to help map the unknown and the uncontrollable. It is fortunate that this tool, while tricky, is extraordinarily powerful and... |
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Quote: Mintzberg on Theory
"No generalizing beyond the data, no theory. And no theory, no insight. And if no insight, why do research?" is a quote by Canadian Professor of Management Studies Henry Mintzberg (1939 - ), McGill... |
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Poem: Very Able to Know Each Variable
A poem to teach about various types of variables (categorical versus numerical versus summary statistics) and differentiating them from other concepts like the outcomes in the sample space or the... |
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Joke: The Publishers
A joke to be used in teaching about the use of randomization in experiments or about the Pearson correlation coefficient. The idea for the joke came from Lawrence Mark Lesser of The University of... |
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Song: Mean
A song to teach about when the mean versus the median is better for describing a distribution. The lyric was authored by Lawrence Mark Lesser from the University of Texas at El Paso. The song may be... |
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Song: Correlation Song
A song to teach about the relationship between the slope of the regression line and the correlation. The lyric was authored by Lawrence Mark Lesser from the University of Texas at El Paso. The song... |
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Song: Totally Average Woman
A fun song about the average by American humorist and singer-songwriter Carla Ulbrich. The song is also available at www.theacousticguitarproject.com/artist/carla-ulbrich/ and more about the singer... |
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Quote: Merrill on Big Data
"I don?t like the label ?big data?, because that suggests the key measure is how many bits you have available to use. But who cares how much data you have? With too little data, you won?t be able... |
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Quote: Smith on Designing Experiments
"If the experiments be quite simple the question may be without great importance; but when their requirements as to time or expenditure come into account the problem arises, how the observations... |
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