Monday, July 10, 2006
Post the Sixteenth
Wherein your Host Displays "Non-Quantitative" Tables
Today in class, a professor referred to "quantitative tables” – certainly a redundancy which he recognized – but it made me wonder what “non-quantitative tables” would look like...
... so I made up two sample "non-quantitative" tables for the qualitative methods folks and historians to use. Knock yourselves out guys:
Today in class, a professor referred to "quantitative tables” – certainly a redundancy which he recognized – but it made me wonder what “non-quantitative tables” would look like...
... so I made up two sample "non-quantitative" tables for the qualitative methods folks and historians to use. Knock yourselves out guys:
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Post the Fifteenth
Wherein your Host Proposes a Research Topic
Someone should look into this. Seriously.
... although I think their causal arrows are mixed up: it seems more likley that global warming is destroying delicate pirate habitats rather than a decrease in pirates is causing global warming. Maybe I'll use my new R skillz to investigate further...
Someone should look into this. Seriously.
... although I think their causal arrows are mixed up: it seems more likley that global warming is destroying delicate pirate habitats rather than a decrease in pirates is causing global warming. Maybe I'll use my new R skillz to investigate further...
Labels: jokes
Post the Thirteenth
Post the Twelfth
Wherein your Host Recounts a Math Joke
A herpetologist grew frustrated while trying to mate two endangered snakes. After months of work she threw up her hands and exclaimed, “Nothing I’ve tried will get these snakes to breed!” One of the snakes looked up and said to her, “you could try dimming the lights.” The herpetologist was surprised at the talking snake but turned down the lights anyway.
A few weeks later, the snakes had still not yet mated and the herpetologist asked them: “I turned down the lights, is there anything else you need?” The second snake said, “Dimming the lights helped, but it still isn’t very romantic – could you put on some good music?” So the herpetologist got a Barry White album from her car and played some sweet soulful tunes near their cage.
A herpetologist grew frustrated while trying to mate two endangered snakes. After months of work she threw up her hands and exclaimed, “Nothing I’ve tried will get these snakes to breed!” One of the snakes looked up and said to her, “you could try dimming the lights.” The herpetologist was surprised at the talking snake but turned down the lights anyway.
A few weeks later, the snakes had still not yet mated and the herpetologist asked them: “I turned down the lights, is there anything else you need?” The second snake said, “Dimming the lights helped, but it still isn’t very romantic – could you put on some good music?” So the herpetologist got a Barry White album from her car and played some sweet soulful tunes near their cage.
log(ab)=log(a)+log(b)
