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Blackwell Publishers p34 Louise Thrift
This article abstracts Blackwell Publishers role as a publisher of both statistics
and education and our life long goal to extend scholarly communication.
Storks Deliver Babies (p = 0.008) p 36 Robert Matthews
There is a highly statistically significant correlation between stork populations
and human birth rates across Europe. While storks may not deliver babies,
unthinking interpretation of correlation and p-values can certainly deliver
unreliable onclusions.
The Big Ticket: How Not to Design a Game Show p 38 David
Burghes
An analysis of a television game show and some suggested improvements.
Using Probability Intervals to Evaluate Long-Term Gambling Success
p. 42 John S Croucher
Simple probability calculations show some of the dangers of gambling..
Assessment of Student Performance in Statistics p. 44 Carl J Huberty
Some assessment and scoring methods that have been used successfully in graduate-level
statistics teaching.
NET BENEFITS
Six Billion Characters in Search of an Author p. 49 Mike Fuller
An introduction to searching the Internet is followed by some examples relating
to human population issues.
Bar and Pie Charts: Ideas for the Classroom p. 52 Pat Perks and
Stephanie Prestage
Some ideas for the creation of bar charts and pie charts, focusing on representations
of frequencies and proportions.
COMPUTING CORNER
Pictograms in Excel p 56 Neville Hunt
This article describes how pictograms can be constructed using Microsoft Excel.
Two-Way Interactions - They're the Top of the Pops p. 58 Vanessa
Simonite
A helpful example of interaction in two-way analysis of variance is described.
COMPUTING CORNER
On Simulating Realizations of Correlated Random Variables p 61 Keith
Parramore
Simulation of correlated observations from a three-dimensional Normal distribution
requires some preliminary mathematics but then turns out to be easy in Microsoft
Excel.
BOOK REVIEWS
What's the Use of Lectures? by Donald Bligh p.63
Reviewed by David Green
Prize Competition (Inside back cover) News & Notes (64) Letter to the Editor (41)
IASE Matters (centre fold)
Please email: alison.davies2@ntu.ac.uk with any comments or corrections.
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ISSN 0141-982X (Print) ISSN 1467-9639 (Online)