[tips] How Ignorance Drives Science #3

2013-07-20 Thread Richard Hake
Some subscribers to TIPS might be interested in a recent post How Ignorance Drives Science #3 [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads: ABSTRACT: I recently became aware of Stuart Firestein's (2012) http://bit.ly/198nbyH Ignorance: How It Drives Science at http://bit.ly/15NqzM1 - the introduction is

[tips] A Statistically Significant Dinner at the Hotelling Vancover

2013-07-20 Thread Christopher Green
To those TIPSters who teach statistics... I was just reminded of this simply hilarious(to a certain kind of person) statistical menu that was published in the Journal of Polymorphous Perversity back in 1986. I don't think I can attach images to TIPS posts, but I have (temporarily) posted it to

[tips] Help with British history

2013-07-20 Thread michael sylvester
A statement on the TV show Jeopardy pointed out that Winston Churchill in 1945 sent a telegram and first used the term Iron Curtain. However ,as an alumnus of Mizzou-Columbia,I was told that Westmimister College in Fulton, Missouri was where Churchill first used that Iron Curtain

re: [tips] Help with British history

2013-07-20 Thread Michael Palij
On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 11:53:47 -0700, Michael Sylvester wrote: A statement on the TV show Jeopardy pointed out that Winston Churchill in 1945 sent a telegram and first used the term Iron Curtain. However ,as an alumnus of Mizzou-Columbia, I was told that Westmimister College in Fulton, Missouri

[tips] Benign neglect on Tips.

2013-07-20 Thread michael sylvester
Not even one post on the George Zimmerman verdict. What is the percentage of blacks in Tipsville? Is Tipsville more representative of the White Citizens Council? Michael --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: