Highly motivated patients who enjoy their physical rehabilitation tend to attain better therapeutic outcomes. However, given the prolonged repetitive nature of postural control rehabilitation in …
Puzzles are an entertaining way to teach probability. But for certain puzzles often the solution probabilities are incorrect. Probability calculations require probability distributions. When the pu…
Ten years ago, there was little variation in how courses in biostatistics were taught. Professors usually delivered prepared lectures using slide decks, notes on the whiteboard or even transparenci…
Peter Armitage CBE recently passed away (February 2024). He was a pio¬neer in medical statistics and was best known for his innovative developments in clinical trial design and analysis, especiall…
In football, the term “icing the kicker” refers to the moment a coach calls a timeout immediately before a field goal attempt in the hope that it will negatively affect the kicker’s ability t…
Ralph B D’Agostino, Sr. was a very well-regarded statistician/biostatistician who made significant contributions to the areas of non-parametrics, design of clinical trials, and research in cardio…
This note sheds lights on the insights that George Pólya’s problem solving principles have to offer in terms of statistical thinking, modeling, and computing. Examples are used to illustrate how…
Randomness is a critical concept in the study of statistics, both for everyday consumers of statistical information and producers of statistical analyses. However, students at all levels do not alw…
In this article, a self-described ‘old’ person discusses a self-experiment he conducte, where he explores his ability to learn a new language by reading the Harry Potter books in French. Learni…
Whatever the context, in today’s world, disagreements are unavoidable. People routinely fail to find common ground on matters that matter. Curiously, the format – the nature of disagreements - …