Re: why is probability and statistics a hard subject?

hello Dr Shaw!

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Hi Nasser! [old chess opponent]


<cut> very good stuff which I'll make sure I read again.


What textbook is it?


our textbook is
Statistical analysis by John Rice. It is a good text, but I think a bit too
dry for me at my level.

http://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Statistics-Analysis-Duxbury-Advanced/dp/0534399428/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-5270856-0528819?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194638100&sr=8-2


There are several good articles on Wikipedia - start browsing from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics


I do make use of Wikipedia stuff all the time. very useful.


Good luck! -- Ewart Shaw

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J.E.H.Shaw [Ewart Shaw] strgh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx TEL: +44 2476 523069
Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/statsdept http://www.ewartshaw.co.uk
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Thanks again.

ps. here is our famous chess game, I digged it up from my chess book. I see
that you beat me in this game. So you are good in chess and statistics also
:)

London Congress, England. July 30 1976
Round 2, Board 75
W: Nasser Abbasi, Black Shaw,J.E.H
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.d3 Qc7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Nb5
Qb8 9.Bf4 e5 10.Bg5 a6 11.Nc3 h6 12.Be3 Nge7 13.a4 b6 14.Ne1 0-0 15.f4 Qc7
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Nd4 18.fxe5 Rb8 19.exd6 Qxd6 20.Bf4 Be5 21.c3 Nf5
22.Bxe5 Qxe5 23.Nc2 Bd7 24.Qf3 Qd6 25.b3 Rbe8 26.Rae1 b5 27.axb5 axb5
28.Rxe8 Bxe8 29.Ne3 Nxe3 30.Qxe3 Kg7 31.d4 c4 32.bxc4 bxc4 33.Qe5+ Qxe5
34.dxe5 Bd7 35.Rf4 Rc8 36.Bf1 Bb5 37.Rd4 Kf8 38.d6 Ke8 39.Kf2 Kd8 40.Ke3 Rc5
41.Re4 Bc6 42.Kd4 Rd5+ 43.Kxc4 Rxd6 44.Rd4 Rd7 45.Kc5 Rxd4 46.cxd4 Ba4
47.Kd6 Bb3 48.d5 Ba2 49.e6 0-1

Nasser


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