Browsing Archive: September, 2016

Berkson's Paradox

Posted by on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, In : Mathematics 
A couple of years ago I wrote an article explaining one of the most interesting phenomena in statistics, Simpson's Paradox. For those who have forgotten (or just didn't read it), Simpson's paradox occurs when a single set of data is analyzed by two different, equally valid methods, and the results of the two methods give opposite conclusions. The reason for this is that often a data set contains information that is not included in the analysis but is important to the results, such as drug tes...
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Back To School

Posted by on Tuesday, September 6, 2016,

Some loyal readers will recognize this entry as a repeat from the last three years. Each year it gets a good response, and kudos from my readers, and so as before I must appease my loyal followers...

To all the students starting University, enjoy this time of your life. Long ago when I started, a prof told me that this is the start of your real education. Now you get to choose your own courses and your own field of study. It is entirely up to you to decide what to do with this chance.

I know fr...


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An Interesting SETI Signal

Posted by on Friday, September 2, 2016, In : Astronomy 
By now many of you have heard the preliminary reports from the astronomy community that a team of researchers has detected an interesting signal from a distant star. At this point it is impossible to know what generated this signal, but one possibility is that it could be a product of an advanced alien civilization. However it is far more likely that it is a natural astrophysical phenomena, which would be just as interesting for the scientific community but less newsworthy.

The SETI program in...
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Dr. Chris Bird I am a theoretical physicist & mathematician, with training in electronics, programming, robotics, and a number of other related fields.

   

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