Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Sunday, March 10, 2019
Article: Statistical tests, P values, confidence intervals, and power: a guide to misinterpretations
A very useful article to review before embarking on any experimental research efforts:
Statistical tests, P values, confidence intervals, and power: a guide to misinterpretations
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877414/pdf/10654_2016_Article_149.pdf
Labels:
Confidence,
Intervals,
misinterpretations,
P Values,
Statistical Tests
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Tai-Danae Bradley's Math3ma blog
A tip of the hat to my friend Dean Wampler, PhD - who mentioned this blog in a tweet.
https://www.math3ma.com/
She also wrote "What is Applied Category Theory?"
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Steven Strogatz Books
I'm interested in reading the two books, in particular:
https://www.amazon.com/Steven-H.-Strogatz/e/B001KHB290
https://twitter.com/stevenstrogatz
Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
https://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Powers-Calculus-Reveals-Universe/dp/1328879984
The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Guided-Tour-Math-Infinity/dp/0544105850/
https://www.amazon.com/Steven-H.-Strogatz/e/B001KHB290
"Steven Strogatz is the Schurman Professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University. A renowned teacher and one of the world's most highly cited mathematicians, he has been a frequent guest on National Public Radio's Radiolab. Among his honors are MIT's highest teaching prize, membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a lifetime achievement award for communication of math to the general public, awarded by the four major American mathematical societies. He also wrote a popular New York Times online column, "The Elements of Math," which formed the basis for his new book, The Joy of x. He lives in Ithaca, New York with his wife and two daughters."http://www.stevenstrogatz.com/
https://twitter.com/stevenstrogatz
Thursday, November 15, 2018
A Mathematician’s Lament by Paul Lockhart
G.H. Hardy
"A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas."
https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf
Monday, November 5, 2018
Mystery Math Whiz and Novelist Advance Permutation Problem
Mystery Math Whiz and Novelist Advance Permutation Problem
https://www.quantamagazine.org/sci-fi-writer-greg-egan-and-anonymous-math-whiz-advance-permutation-problem-20181105/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/sci-fi-writer-greg-egan-and-anonymous-math-whiz-advance-permutation-problem-20181105/
"A new proof from the Australian science fiction writer Greg Egan and a 2011 proof anonymously posted online are now being hailed as significant advances on a puzzle mathematicians have been studying for at least 25 years."
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