Monthly Archives: November 2014

Not-So-Confident Intervals

Posted on November 29, 2014 by bfinegold

Here is a test for you. Let’s say 300 mathematicians were polled concerning how many hours of TV they watch per week. What does it mean to say that a 95% confidence interval for the average number of hours of … Continue reading →

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You Were on the Moon: Astropoetry from Tychogirl

Posted on November 26, 2014 by evelynjlamb

After my last post about one-syllable math, I tried my hand at a proof of the math fact of Rolle in short words. The constraints and focus on words themselves got me thinking about mathematics in a way I usually … Continue reading →

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Simple Words, Complicated Math

Posted on November 12, 2014 by evelynjlamb

A couple years ago, xkcd described the Saturn V rocket (Up Goer 5) using only the thousand ten hundred most common English words. Of course, xkcd readers were eager to try it themselves, and geneticist Theo Sanderson created an online text … Continue reading →

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