Statistics at UTSA
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Just what I need for Quantiative Literacy…
…a new textbook on mathematical sociology. Tip from the Social Science Statistics Blog. Read more
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Wecome to Tone-Deaf U.
One of the public relations gimmicks used to promote UTSA’s Quality Enhancement Program, Quantiative Scholarship, was a contest for promotional videos. Is it just me, or is drinking the QEP Kool-Aid an unfortunate metaphor? Tip from UTSA Today. Read more
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Drag and drop to make a graph
JMP 8 has an interactive tool for making graphs, called Graph Builder. (Click it, the video is neat.) Wow, am I ever glad we’ve been promoting JMP 8 here at UTSA! And check out the JMP Blog. Tip from Flowing Data. Read more
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Teaching introductory statistics, and more
Andrew Gelman has an interesting post discussing Xi-Liao Meng’s recent article in the American Statistician, "Desired and Feared—What Do We Do Now and Over the Next 50 Years?" Xi-Liao addresses the challenge for UTSA’s new Quantitative Scholarship project head on: statistics, as a discipline, is now both desired and feared.With this new status comes a Read more
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Cutting down on the consulting load
Here’ some good advice for statisticians besieged by students who want help. I’m starting my annotated bibliography, now!. Read more
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Correlation studies are just incomplete research
This bit of statistical junk food about the relationship between GPAs and Facebook participation has become a topic of discussion here this week. It’s been put forward as a sort of case study, for which I’ve proposed an assessment question: Why did Dr Karpinsky publish such a lightweight finding in a refereed journal and get Read more
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Mathematica for the novice
Looks like I just got a new tool to introduce my statistics students to Mathematica: “Hands-on Start to Mathematica” screencast. Tip from Michael Morrison at the Wolfram Blog. Read more
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Another sign of the Apocalypse
Life imitates art at the card table. New readings for my statistics students. Perhaps they could learn to play Old Sledge. Read more
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How big a waste?
Over at the Daily Beast, Zac Bissonnette raves about "Why college is a waste of money." Looking at it from the other end of the lectern, I agree completely. But his numbers are a little vague, so how’s about refining the estimate? A quick check of websites for UTSA, UT Austin, and TCU reveal that Read more
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Judith Gardner, 1941–2008
Judith Gardner, one of my greatest friends on campus, and the inspiration for a formal writing program in statistics, has passed away. She leaves a void that will not soon be filled. Read more