Dirty nerd
Instant message I sent to a friend whose away message communicated her dislike of linear regression statistics:
"Is it simple or multiple regression? Simple regression is okay. Multiple regression isn't so great. It's like the inverse of orgasms."
"Is it simple or multiple regression? Simple regression is okay. Multiple regression isn't so great. It's like the inverse of orgasms."
That's f'n beautiful. I miss my statistics classes and how well they related to sex. Would you agree that sex is the superclue that holds this world and all the theories and ideas in it together?
It's a little out there but it's begining to get cold here lately in the MSP and my brain is migrating to snowboarding.
Posted by
thirty7tofind |
10:19 AM, September 30, 2005
I'm in stats right now, it's biostats, but anything that involves word problems should never be forced on people to learn. I hate word problems so much.
Posted by
kitty Cat |
10:07 PM, October 04, 2005
I hate word problems too, actually. However, they are important because they ask students to apply and extend mathematical concepts. I used to be able to solve physics problem when they were reduced to mere symbols ("Find the derivative of such and such")...however, I could not explain it using physics terminology or in the context of a physics problem.
In statistics, I think many if not most of the questions in homework and on an exam HAVE to be word problems. Applied statistics is really all about the context, and you simply cannot get at a student's understanding of the concepts without embedding it in a real life research problem. Sticking to simplistic problems involving strictly symbols in a course like that would be poor measurement practice.
Posted by
SouthernCanadian |
10:29 PM, October 04, 2005