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I decided to start using other peoples' pictures of cats for my blogs for a variety of reasons. It's hard enough for me to get a good picture of my cats let alone one that might go with what I'm writing. I also thought it would improve my blogs by having a much greater variety of images to choose from. I understand enough about creativity and art and photography to know they are both a talent and a skill that should be recognized. I want to give proper attribution to the creators of the images I use in my blogs, but there is a problem. Virtually every image I want to use appears in more than one place on the Internet. I thought using tineye.com, a search site for finding URLs of uploaded images, would help. In fact, I found the opposite. Some of the images I've searched for are found on a hundred different sites, making it impossible to identify the original. So, if I can't identify the original, I'll cite the site I got the image from or if it's an image I don't have a URL for, I'll cite the site that tineye.com indicates has the image that most closely matches the image I use. If I use an image that you created and I didn’t give you credit, I'm sorry. Let me know and I’ll fix the citation or remove the image.
Tag Archives: Normal distribution
Five Things You Should Know Before Taking Statistics 101
Of the over two million college degrees that are granted in the U.S. every year, including those earned at accredited online colleges nationwide, probably two-thirds require completion of a statistics class. That’s over a million and a half students taking … Continue reading
A Picture Worth 140,000 Words
Even if it’s been a while since your last statistics class, when you read Stats with Cats: The Domesticated Guide to Statistics, Models, Graphs, and Other Breeds of Data Analysis you’ll figure out that there’s much more to data analysis … Continue reading
Grasping at Flaws
Even if you’re not a statistician, you may one day find yourself in the position of reviewing a statistical analysis that was done by someone else. It may be an associate, someone who works for you, or even a competitor. … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, correlation coefficient, criticism, dependent variable, jargon, math, mean, Normal distribution, number of samples, objectives, population, precision, probability, rule of thumb, sample size, samples, software, statistical analysis, statistical tests, statistics, stats with cats, uncertainty, variability
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You’re Off to Be a Wizard
The process of developing a statistical model (http://statswithcats.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/many-paths-lead-to-models/) involves finding the mathematical equation of a line, curve, or other pattern that faithfully represents the data with the least amount of error (i.e., variability). Variability and pattern are the yin and … Continue reading
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Tagged AIC, BIC, cats, coeffiient of determination, Cook’s Distance, dependent variable, DFBETAs, F-test, jargon, model, multicollinearity, Normal distribution, probability, regression coefficients, residuals, standard error of estimate, statistical analysis, statistical leverage, statistical tests, statistics, stats with cats, t-test, trend, uncertainty, variability, variance inflation factor
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Fifty Ways to Fix your Data
Fifty Ways to Fix your Data (Sing to the tune of “Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover” by Paul Simon) The problem is all about your scales, she said to me The R-squares will be better if you’ve matched ’em … Continue reading
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Tagged Box-Cox, cats, correlation coefficient, differencing, information, lags, math, measurement, measurement scales, model, Normal distribution, recoding, rescaling, smoothing, software, standardization, statistical analysis, statistics, stats with cats, transformations, trend
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Assuming the Worst
If you’re going to be poking around data looking for patterns and anomalies, you should be aware of the fundamental requirements you need to fulfill, or at least assume you fulfill. Consider this. All models make assumptions, an evil necessity … Continue reading
The Zen of Modeling
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word model? The plastic model airplanes you used to build? A fashion model? The model of the car you drive? The person who is your role model? But what … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, jargon, math, model, modeling, Normal distribution, population, probability, statistical analysis, statistics, stats with cats, t distribution, uncertainty
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30 Samples. Standard, Suggestion, or Superstition?
If you’ve ever taken any applied statistics courses in college, you may have been exposed to the mystique of 30 samples. Too many times I’ve heard statistician do-it-yourselfers tell me that “you need 30 samples for statistical significance.” Maybe that’s … Continue reading
It’s All Greek
When Humpty Dumpty uses a word, it means just what he chooses it to mean, neither more nor less. To people not conversant in a technical specialty, it seems that all the experts are Humpty Dumptys. Statistics is no exception. … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, information, jargon, journal, math, mean, Normal distribution, probability, standardization, statistical analysis, statistical tests, statistics, stats with cats, uncertainty
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Stats With Cats: What’s inside
Stats With Cats is a great companion to any introductory textbook in statistics. You won’t find a lot of equations or descriptions of the central limit theorem, probability, and hypothesis testing. You can find that information in traditional statistical texts. … Continue reading
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Tagged accuracy, cats, information, math, Normal distribution, polls, population, precision, sample size, samples, statistical analysis, statistical tests, statistics, stats with cats, surveys, t distribution, trend, uncertainty
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