Frederick Mosteller, one of the great teachers of statistics,
passed away on July 24th. Although I had seen his name on
numerous books and articles, I didn’t really "get" Mosteller until I
read his American Statistician article "Classroom and platform performance" with its memorable advice "Strange things happen. Be ready for them."
passed away on July 24th. Although I had seen his name on
numerous books and articles, I didn’t really "get" Mosteller until I
read his American Statistician article "Classroom and platform performance" with its memorable advice "Strange things happen. Be ready for them."
Tip from Andrew Gelman at Statistical Modeling, Causal Infernence, and Social Science.
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