Terence’s Stuff
This “Piled Higher and Deeper” comic strip by Jorge Cham seems apposite: “Piled Higher and Deeper” by Jorge Cham: www.phdcomics.com No-one wants to be seen as a quitter. And none of us want to advise a student, colleague or friend to quit doing something in which they have invested heavily.…

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With this column, Terry Speed continues his exploration of multiple linear regression, looking at “why,” “how” and idol management.

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With this column, Terry Speed would love to spark a revival of Yule’s new system of notation. Well, it was "new" 105 years ago…

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Terry Speed writes in honor of William Sealy Gossett: statistician, Guinness brewer, and thoroughly decent chap. Raise a glass to “Student”

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Terry Speed wonders whether the Hollywood version of the statistical analysis of baseball, sabermetrics, in the film Moneyball does us any good…

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