I'm done with Levis (Rant)

[smstonypoint]

What is it with statistics professors...

Seeing as how this thread has drifted into a discussion of eccentric statisticians, I have an additional observation to add to our sample (n =3).

I. J. Good was in the Statistics Department at Virginia Tech while I was there as a graduate student in agricultural economics. Although I never had any personal interaction with Professor Good, I saw him on a regular basis, as graduate students in statistics and agricultural economics were housed in a warren of cubicles down the hall from his office.

If mathematical ability in the general population is N(mu, sigma[SUP]2[/SUP]), he would have been at least mu + eight*sigma. He had worked as the chief statistician at Bletchley Park and his writings on machine intelligence led to a consultancy for the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

There was nothing especially eccentric about his wardrobe other than the "mad bomber" hat he sported on cold days. The stories I heard from the statistics graduate students about his eccentricities may have been apocryphal, but I have no reason to question this remembrance from his longtime assistant.

The first time she mailed one of his papers to a mathematics journal, she told me, "He supervised how I put the paper and cover letter into the envelope. He supervised how I sealed the envelope he didn't like spit and made me use a sponge. He watched me put on the stamp. He was right there when I got back from the mail room to make sure mailing it had gone okay, like I could've been kidnapped or something. He was a bizarre little man."

Source: Kinja

Steve

 

[N80]

If mathematical ability in the general population is N(mu, sigma[SUP]2[/SUP]), he would have been at least mu + eight*sigma.

Steve

Soooo, that would put me somewhere in the range of N(mu, sigma squared) minus M.I. where M.I. = some really large number and stands for "Math Idiot".

 

[smstonypoint]

Soooo, that would put me somewhere in the range of N(mu, sigma squared) minus M.I. where M.I. = some really large number and stands for "Math Idiot".

I have prepared a table that will allow you to locate yourself in the distribution of mathematical ability. I hesitate to identify the "Math Idiot" percentile.

Steve

 

[TomSeller]

What are the statistical chances of receiving a defective pair of Levis compared to Carhartt, Dickies and Wranglers? Assume the pants are bought at the same store, at the same time, that has equal affiliation with the brands and the purchaser has equal judgment on what would qualify as defective enough to return the subject pants for credit?

 

[Wagtail]

What are the statistical chances of receiving a defective pair of Levis compared to Carhartt, Dickies and Wranglers? Assume the pants are bought at the same store, at the same time, that has equal affiliation with the brands and the purchaser has equal judgment on what would qualify as defective enough to return the subject pants for credit?

Do you still have the receipt?

:laughing:

 

[TomSeller]

Do you still have the receipt?

:laughing:

No, but Smstonypoint might be able to get a grant. . As a benefit he could run the study on pants his own size if that is statistically kosher.

 

[N80]

The problem I had with Levis is that over the last few years they have been very consistent. Consistently inconsistent with sizing. Consistently consistent with poor quality. So out of any 10 pairs of the same sized 505 regular fit jeans you got two that fit properly and both of those two were of poor quality. I guess the interesting, but irrelevant, question would be how many of the 8 pairs that did not fit were of poor quality. I'm guessing 8.

Its sad. It reminds me of the American auto industry of the early 1970's. To put that in perspective, we had a Plymouth Fury III and then an AMC Jeep Cherokee. And I still liked them better than my current remaining Levis.

 

[mables357]

I like the walmart RUSTLERS brand myself good work pants and seem to last a long time and cheap too.

 

[Snobdds]

I have prepared a table that will allow you to locate yourself in the distribution of mathematical ability. I hesitate to identify the "Math Idiot" percentile.

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Steve

No need to get past 3 confidence intervals...**** I'll be happy with 2.