Monthly Archives: July 2010
Four questions about fuzzy rankings
The National Research Council is getting ready to release a new assessment of graduate-education programs in the U.S. The previous study, published in 1995, gave each Ph.D.-granting department a numerical score between 0 and 5, then listed all the programs … Continue reading
Posted in computing, games, mathematics, problems and puzzles, statistics
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The thrill of the chase
How I love to go out hunting on a bright Sunday morning—though it’s not my style to shoot furry/feathery/finny animals. My game is to get up early and stalk a wily factoid. A posting from Mat Roberts, whose blog I’ve recently … Continue reading
Posted in statistics
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