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Python: shared birthdays

A few days ago I found myself having a vague recollection of a statistics problem presented at some unknown level in my education. All I could remember was that it had to do with having a room full of people … Continue reading

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R: Getting Started

If you’re like me, you love data. Ok, so it’s likely that you aren’t like me, at least in the data-loving regard, but you have to admit that (1) data can be beautiful, and (2) data is how we understand … Continue reading

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not an impossible problem, just a really big one

My mother gave the fam a new game for Xmas called “The Impossible Puzzle.” Or maybe that was the company name. Either way, the label is certainly apt. The puzzle is composed of nine, 4-sided pieces with interlocking parts in … Continue reading

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