[FRIAM] Fwd: [NDhighlights] #4410 - Friday, October 28, 2011 - Editor: Jerry Katz -- astonishingly vigorous modern nonduality: Rich Murray 2011.10.29

2011-10-29 Thread Rich Murray
Fwd: [NDhighlights] #4410 - Friday, October 28, 2011 - Editor: Jerry Katz -- astonishingly vigorous modern nonduality: Rich Murray 2011.10.29 -- Forwarded message -- From: Jerry Katz Date: Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 5:07 AM Subject: [NDhighlights] #4410 - Friday, October 28, 2011 - Edit

[FRIAM] Fwd: FlowingData - Best statistics question ever

2011-10-29 Thread Victoria Hughes
Best statistics question ever Posted: 28 Oct 2011 01:25 AM PDT By way of Raymond Johnson, the best statistics multiple choice question ever written on a chalkboard. Try not to think too hard. [via] You are subscribed to email updates from FlowingData To stop receiving these emails, you ma

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Fwd: FlowingData - Best statistics question ever

2011-10-29 Thread Owen Densmore
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Tyler White wrote: > The solution depends on how you consider the answers... you can say that > there are four unique answers (A, B, C, D) or you could say there are only 3 > answers (25%, 50%, 60%). It's a trick question! Hahahah > > Tyler White¹ > http://T

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Fwd: FlowingData - Best statistics question ever

2011-10-29 Thread Owen Densmore
Oops fat fingered earlier email. I think this, as Tyler sez, is tricky because of the double 25. You have a 50% chance of 25, but only 25% of the other two. Like the Monty Hall, I'd like to hear a pro reason through to the answer. On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > > > On

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Fwd: FlowingData - Best statistics question ever

2011-10-29 Thread Carl Tollander
Imagine it's not multiple choice... On 10/29/11 9:44 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: Oops fat fingered earlier email. I think this, as Tyler sez, is tricky because of the double 25. You have a 50% chance of 25, but only 25% of the other two. Like the Monty Hall, I'd like to hear a pro reason throu

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Fwd: FlowingData - Best statistics question ever

2011-10-29 Thread Robert Holmes
Zero. Because the actual correct answer is "herring" —R On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Carl Tollander wrote: > Imagine it's not multiple choice... > > > On 10/29/11 9:44 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > > Oops fat fingered earlier email. I think this, as Tyler sez, is tricky > because of the dou

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Fwd: FlowingData - Best statistics question ever

2011-10-29 Thread John Kennison
Self-referential statements can lead to paradoxes, so one could say the question is not well-formed because it is self-referential. If, as mentioned, choice (C) were 0%, and options (A),(B),(D) were unchanged, then the question leads to a paradox. If choice (D) were 50%, and options (A), (B)

[FRIAM] "- no blank run without hydrogen to test the instruments and heat losses": Mary Yugo: Rich Murray 2011.10.29

2011-10-29 Thread Rich Murray
"- no blank run without hydrogen to test the instruments and heat losses": Mary Yugo: Rich Murray 2011.10.29 er, I'm still a pragmatic skeptic re 470 KW Rossi claim... Rich Murray "- no blank run without hydrogen to test the instruments and heat losses" Other things to investigate: whether onl

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: FlowingData - Best statistics question ever

2011-10-29 Thread Russell Standish
What was the question? On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 08:27:35AM -0600, Victoria Hughes wrote: > >Best statistics question ever > >Posted: 28 Oct 2011 01:25 AM PDT > > > > > >By way of Raymond Johnson, the best statistics multiple choice > >question ever written on a chalkboard. Try not to think too hard

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: FlowingData - Best statistics question ever

2011-10-29 Thread Russ Abbott
For Russ Standish, the question is here. And here's my plodding answer. If 25% were the correct answer, then either (a) or (d) would be right. So one would have a 50% chance of getting the correct answer. Hence 25% is not the correct

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: FlowingData - Best statistics question ever

2011-10-29 Thread Robert J. Cordingley
Here's how I'd analyze/state it. It all revolves around the first 'if' statement. If I choose an answer at random then I can't let any information from that answer influence my result or it wont be random. Since there are 4 choices and now I can't pay attention to what they are, then at rand

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Fwd: FlowingData - Best statistics question ever

2011-10-29 Thread Owen Densmore
If we take this seriously, which I doubt we should :), I think you'd have to create a tree of probabilities much like monty hall problem. (at least if there isn't a trivial nifty solution!) So start at the root of the tree, generate a branch for choosing each of the three answers, 33.3% each. Th

[FRIAM] Android Choice

2011-10-29 Thread Owen Densmore
OK .. I'm likely to buy an Android phone, but I confess I'm confused by the differences between the handset manufacturers. They all attempt to have somehow "improved" on the core Google software. And some/most of the phones are locked and/or require jailbreaking to do do fairly standard things.

Re: [FRIAM] Android Choice

2011-10-29 Thread Russ Abbott
Take a risk . *-- Russ Abbott* *_* *** Professor, Computer Science* * California State University, Los Angeles* * Google voic

Re: [FRIAM] Android Choice

2011-10-29 Thread Roger Critchlow
Buy a http://www.google.com/nexus/, not available, yet, but soon. -- rec -- On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Russ Abbott wrote: > Take a > risk > . > > *-- Russ Abbott*