I just can't. I've read Nate Silver and many of the links his blogs provided. I've read my classmates' blogs. But it's almost time to leave for work and I can't create a cohesive, sensible post of my own. The topic of figuring out how numbers speak to us (!) and the mention of "algorithms" make me break out in a cold sweat...and eat many more cookies than I should.
When I was at Trinity I took a statistics course. Need I say it was a requirement for my major? Anyway, to make myself feel a little better about it, I bought a calculator which had faux jewels instead of ordinary buttons on it. To say that my professor was nonplussed is a BIG understatement. No matter, my calculator and I passed the course and I'll bet Professor Russo still tells that story at cocktail parties. Or not.
So, while I plan to engage in classroom conversation this evening about what we've all learned this week, I shall not be blogging about it. Sorry.
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