XL Files
In the last two issues of the IMS Bulletin, Xiao-Li Meng has taken us on an epicurean journey of wine, chocolate and whiskies, extracting a few teaching points along the way. To round off the three-part series, he takes us on an alphabetical exploration of the world of wine……
In the January/February 2025 issue [link is to PDF], Xiao-Li Meng explained how his acquisition of a wine club’s inventory led to a statistical taste-test by the Happy Team. Continuing the three-part series, he explains the particular links between this wine, some chocolate and quite a lot of …
As you may recall from the previous issue, Xiao-Li Meng promised to reveal how a statistician like him found a path to partnering with leaders in the wine industry. All will be revealed in this and the following two installments of the XL-Files. Here, we are reprinting—with permission and…
Xiao-Li Meng writes:
Winston Churchill is known for his many memorable quotes, and for wine lovers, none more savory than his toast to Champagne: “In victory, I deserve it; in defeat, I need it.” As a staunch believer in Churchill’s chicken soup for life, I found it impossible to not…
Xiao-Li Meng writes:
Here is a moral test (especially for statisticians). Which of the following acronyms baffles you the most: ANOVA, ADSN, ASC, ANU, ABS, or AITA?
Regardless of your answer (or questioning—a moral test??), the eight A’s in the above acronyms will forever remind me of my recent eight-day…