Friday, October 4, 2013

The Correlation Coefficient R and the reduction of range.

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 Those who followed my series on climate change might remember that I would take some area I could define as a rectangle in longitude and...
Monday, September 23, 2013

VA governor's race:
Late September update

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In Virginia, a state Barack Obama won by 4% in 2012 and 6% in 2008, the statewide races feature Tea Party favorites running on the Republ...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Virginia Gubernatorial Race:
McAuliffe (D) vs. Cuccinelli (R)

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There was a recent article in The Washington Post by Ben Shapiro discussing the Virginia gubernatorial race . Several pundits were asked t...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Results from the Democratic mayoral race in New York City.

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Almost all the ballots have been counted in the New York City municipal elections held yesterday. My last post here was on Sunday, but th...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

New York City Mayoral Race: Democratic Primary
The Weekend before the election.

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On Tuesday, New York City voters will go to the polls to decide the Democratic and Republican candidates to be the next mayor. The conven...
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Rounding - standard method and statistician's method a.k.a Gaussian rounding or banker's rounding.

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I do not like to tell tales out of school. I consider the relationship of teacher and student to be one of confidentiality, most especially...
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

The New York City Mayor's race:
One week from election day

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There were a flurry of polls in the New York mayoral race in mid August and then nothing until last week. Now, we have four new polls, but...