Cozy Homespun Goodness for Statistics Geeks
My heart is all aflutter. Check out Nausicaa Distribution, the brain child of a brilliantly crafty statistician in Oklahoma. For starters, she’s got a series of cute, stuffed statistical distributions....
View ArticleHow Stephen King Taught Me Percentile Rank and the Normal Curve
I was driving my ’58 Plymouth Fury on a long trip out of Boulder, Colorado to a strange town in Maine, when I stopped at a hotel along the way for a needed caffeine boost. A man in glasses and ...
View ArticleLiving the Lefty Life in a Righty World
I’m a Southpaw! I’ve always been proud to be in this elite 8-15% of the world population. Did you know both Barack Obama and John McCain are left-handed? Therefore, in 2008 you had no choice but to...
View ArticleThe Scripps National Spelling Bee: Some Fascinating Facts
We are in the midst of the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee Week in the Washington, D.C., area. I’ve watched the competition with interest most years — although not with the same enthusiasm my...
View ArticleGeek Celebrates Hanukkah With Science: Day Three
Unconventional holiday traditions are fun for the whole family! So far this year, my family has celebrated Hanukkah by launching rockets indoors and constructing small boats in order to sink them....
View ArticleBirth Rates: An Economic Indicator?
Over the past couple weeks, the Huffington Post Money section has been featuring several articles that discuss American demographics. I tend to gravitate towards these articles for two reasons. First...
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Len Testa and the Math Behind Your Theme Park Vacation
Touring Plans' features included crowd calendars, wait times and customisable plans that allow you to select the attractions you are interested in seeing each day before the site gives you a detailed,...
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What are the Chances of Your House Being Struck by a Meteorite
What are the chances?! A meteorite hits Earth on the day Asteroid 2012 DA14 is due to skim across our atmosphere like butter on toast? Are we all going to die?!
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No Starch Press Manga Guides Make Science Fun
Have you ever read a textbook cover to cover? I'm in grad school. I've had to do it more than once. It usually requires massive amounts of caffeine and re-reading a lot of pages. Well, there's some...
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