For some reason I was compelled to update my Mac’s OS and R on the same day. (I know…) It didn’t go well on several accounts and I mostly blame Apple. Here are the details.
I updated R to version 3.0.2 “Frisbee Sailing”
I updated my OS to 10.9 “Mavericks”
When I went to use R things were going fine until I mistyped a command.
Rob will be be participating in this event, organized by Nicholas Horton:
CONNECTION WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES: second in the guidelines for undergraduate statistics programs webinar series
The American Statistical Association endorses the value of undergraduate programs in statistical science, both for statistical science majors and for students in other majors seeking a minor or concentration. Guidelines for such programs were promulgated in 2000, and a new workgroup is working to update them.
I’m working on the 2nd edition of our textbook, Gould & Ryan, and was looking for some examples of bad statistical graphics. Last time, I used FBI data and created a good and bad graphic from the data. This time, I was pleased to see that the FBI provided its own bad graphic.
This shows a dramatic decrease in crime over the last 5 years. (Not sure why 2012 data aren’t yet available.
There’s a statistical meme that is making its way into pundits' discussions (as we might politely call them) that is of interest to statistics educators. There are several variations, but the basic theme is this: because of the government shutdown, people are unable to benefit from the new drugs they receive by participating in clinical trials. The L.A Times went so far as to publish an editorial from a gentleman who claimed that he was cured by his participation in a clinical trial.
When introducing the Central Limit Theorem for the first time in class, I used to use applets like the SOCR Sampling Distribution Applet or the OnlineStatBook Sampling Distribution Applet. If you are reading this post on Google Chrome, chances are those previous links did not work for you. If on another browser, they may have, but you may have also seen warnings like this one:
Last year when I tried using one of these applets in class and had students pull it up on their own computers as well, it was a chaos.
How do you organize the books in your office?
