Tag: Discovery

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What Are the Odds? Flipping a Flying Disc, Bowl, Cat

Statisticians like to talk about flipping coins, especially fair coins, which have an equal chance of being heads or tails. But what about flipping other things? In particular, as an Ultimate Frisbee player, I want to know what the odds are for a flying disc. Maybe knowing the odds will

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White Paper Simplifies Confidence, Prediction, Tolerance Intervals

Statistical intervals can be confusing, even in the minds of those who use them often. José Ramirez, from W.L. Gore & Associates of GORE-TEX® fabric fame, offers a white paper that uses an easy-to-understand manufacturing example to describe the differences between confidence, prediction and tolerance (enclosure) intervals. He provides formulas