For a humorous application of inverse probability (which somehow came to be called Bayesian statistics) see Stigler, S.M. 1983. Who discovered Bayes's Theorem? The American Statistician 37:290-296
David Schneider Quoting Gary Grossman <gross...@uga.edu>: > I'm looking for funny articles published and a few come to mind that I > can't remember citations for so I thought I'd ask here. I don't really > want to page through J. Irreproducable Results or Worm Runner's Digest but > there are a few I'm hoping someone can help me with (vice vis pdfs) > > In either the late 70's or 80's there was a note in Nature that comprised > the poem and reviewers comments on Shelley's *"Ozymandias*" > > Then at about the same time someone published a paper in Limn. & Ocean. > estimating the biomass of the Loch Ness monster. > > And also at some point someone published a satirical paper on "if no one > heard it, did the tree in the forest really fall?" > > Of course any other humorous gems would be appreciated. > Please remember the list doesn't allow attachments, so please respond to my > university email. > > TIA, g2 > > > > > -- > Gary D. Grossman, PhD > > Professor of Animal Ecology > Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources > University of Georgia > Athens, GA, USA 30602 > > http://grossman.myweb.uga.edu/ <http://www.arches.uga.edu/%7Egrossman> > > Board of Editors - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation > Editorial Board - Freshwater Biology > Editorial Board - Ecology Freshwater Fish >
