Hi All, This one is actually a serious stats paper but the end product is basically a tasting guide for regional Scotches:
Lapointe, F.-J., Legendre, P. (1994) A Classification of Pure Malt Scotch Whiskies. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics) 43: 237-257. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2986124 On 26 March 2015 at 11:39, Meretsky, Vicky J. <meret...@indiana.edu> wrote: > There is a serious paper by Hurlbert (1990), Spatial distribution of the > montane unicorn, that is hilarious. Somehow, he was able to get the editors > at Oikos to allow him to add tiny unicorns to his graphics (really - check > out http://pascencio.cos.ucf.edu/classes/Methods/Hurbelrt%20unicorn.pdf ). > > His point was that people badly misinterpret variance/mean ratios as > having anything useful to say about spatial distribution. He created some > counterexamples to demonstrate his point, whilst poking holes in articles > by rather august personages that were guilty of the sin against which he > was inveighing. > > The whole thing is simultaneously tongue-in-cheek (a gentle > double-breasted distribution is shown by the unicorns that clamber about > the Grand Tetons) and quite serious. > > > Hurlbert, S.H. 1990. Spatial distribution of the montane unicorn. Oikos > 58: 257-271. > > > Enjoy. > > Vicky Meretsky > > > Professor > School of Public and Environmental Affairs > Indiana University > Bloomington, Indiana > -- Chris K. Elvidge, PhD Department of Biology Concordia University 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. Montreal QC H4B 1R6 SP 375.35 (514) 848-2424 ex. 3395 Fax: (514) 848-2881
