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Think Stats
Think Stats: Probability and Statistics for Programmers is a textbook for a new kind of introductory prob-stat class. It emphasizes the use of statistics to explore large datasets.
http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html
Tags: statistics, python, programming, book, books, stats, probability, math, free, ebooks Saved by: admin at 29 Aug 2011

On Chomsky and the Two Cultures of Statistical Learning
Charles Darwin (biologist, 1809–1882) "False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for ev... Read more
http://norvig.com/chomsky.html
Tags: statistics, chomsky, science, linguistics, language, math, norvig, toread, machinelearning, probability Saved by: admin at 29 May 2011

Home
A collection of math videos on math topics and skills grouped by topic area (Number, Algebra, Shape, Space & Measure, and Data Handling & Probability).  Videos are available free online or on iTunes ... Read more
http://www.mathsmaster.org/MathsMaster.Org/Home.html
Tags: math, videos, maths, mathematics, video, algebra, edtech, education, probability, matematiikka Saved by: admin at 04 Apr 2011

Think Stats: Probability and Statistics for Programmers
"Think Stats is an introduction to Probability and Statistics for Python programmers. If you have basic skills in Python, you can use them to learn concepts in probability and statistics. This new boo... Read more
http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkstats/
Tags: statistics, python, programming, book, ebook, books, probability, ebooks, math, education Saved by: admin at 19 Mar 2011

Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code | Magazine
Mohan Srivastava, a geological statistician living in Toronto, was working in his office in June 2003, waiting for some files to download onto his computer, when he discovered a couple of old lottery ... Read more
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/01/ff_lottery/all/1
Tags: statistics, money, lottery, toread, cool, hacks, via:packrati.us, games, probability, 4mlftb Saved by: admin at 02 Feb 2011

Introduction to Probability and Statistics Using R by G. Jay Kerns in Education & Language
Price: Free Download immediately This is a textbook for an undergraduate course in probability and statistics. The approximate prerequisites are two or three semesters of calculus and some linear alge... Read more
http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/introduction-to-probability-and-statistics-using-r/12037733
Tags: statistics, r, book, programming, probability, reference, books, ebook, math, pdf Saved by: admin at 04 Aug 2010

When Intuition And Math Probably Look Wrong - Science News
e first thing you think is ‘What has Tuesday got to do with it?’” said Foshee after posing his problem during his talk. “Well, it has everything to do with it.” Even in that mathematician-f... Read more
http://sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/60598/title/When_intuition_and_math_probably_look_wrong
Tags: math, probability, puzzle, statistics, mathematics, philosophy, intuition, fun, puzzles, interesting Saved by: admin at 30 Jun 2010

Less Wrong: Bayes' Theorem Illustrated (My Way)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1400640
http://lesswrong.com/lw/2b0/bayes_theorem_illustrated_my_way
Tags: statistics, bayes, bayesian, math, probability, mathematics, ai, visual, theorem, algorithms Saved by: admin at 04 Jun 2010

Optimizing Your Wife
If a man can expect to meet exactly N eligible women in his life, what strategy should he use to maximize his chances of choosing the very best one?... Thus the optimum strategy for N = 100 is to pass... Read more
http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath018/kmath018.htm
Tags: math, humor, dating, funny, probability, fun, optimization, women, geek, marriage Saved by: admin at 03 Apr 2010

Odds Are, It's Wrong - Science News
For better or for worse, science has long been married to mathematics. Generally it has been for the better. Especially since the days of Galileo and Newton, math has nurtured science. Rigorous mathem... Read more
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/57091/title/Odds_Are,_Its_Wrong
Tags: statistics, science, probability, math, mathematics, research, toread, bayesian, article, stats Saved by: admin at 19 Mar 2010