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Krebs column: School shootings claim reflects statistical spin '74 since Sandy Hook' isn't wrong, but FactCheck.org shows it's not exactly right Check out this story on sctimes.com: http://www.sctimes.com/story/opinion/2014/07/12/krebs-column-school-shootings-claim-reflects-statistical-spin/12579823/ That statement is my latest example of the ... (more)

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The scenario of these posts is to explain and constrast the difference between two scientific computing languages, Python and "SciPy/SymPy/NumPy, IPython, and Sage" on one side, and Julia on the other, as the result of two different design traditions, one following Ousterhout's Dichotomy of having a convenient scripting language on top of a fast ... (more)

Lots of people donate blood, for example. Barry did it 55 times, according to his wife, Liz.

One of my favorite politicians is John Lewis, the 1960's Civil Rights activist-turned-Congressman from Georgia.

For "Moses ," an evening-length work performed by Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival this week, Wilson's inspirations are many, from his travels in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, and Mali to his interest in the African diaspora and even fractal geometry.

A new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that the production of fossil fuels from federal lands fell in 2013 .

In general, students in Jefferson Parish's public high schools did better on state tests in the 2013-14 academic year than in the previous year, and slightly more students qualified for college scholarships.

As I've been hearing the pushback to the market's gains, there are a few that are louder than the rest.

The tech world is hungry for workers, and a new survey examining conditions for graduates hoping to land a job in the industry finds Raleigh ranks eighth in the nation.

Author: Richard Cotton Publisher: O'Reilly Pages: 400 ISBN: 978-1449357108 Audience: Statisticians; novice programmers with a stats background Rating: 4 Reviewer: Mike James R is a language that is most used for statistical computing and any book on the subject has an important choice to make about whether or not to include teaching statistics.

The national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in June. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month average unemployment for major cities but cautions the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples.

American young adults are more racially and ethnically diverse, more likely to graduate from high school, and attend college, and less likely to smoke than previous generations, according to a report by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

A young Indian mathematician, Nikhil Srivastava, has been named a joint winner of the prestigious George Polya Prize for finding proof of a riddle that had eluded mathematicians for more than half a century.

Since work was so slow today, I thought I'd look post again and look at the correlation factor between each of the stats provided on pro-football-reference.com.

The solution to the shortage of workers for well-paying STEM jobs does not begin with students in college; it begins in elementary schools with well-trained teachers who are prepared to inspire students early on in these science, technology, engineering and math fields.

Have you ever heard the claim "all smart people are atheists", or maybe its inverse: "people who believe in God are dumb"? It's quite a pervasive urban legend, and one which I've known is false for a long time, but I didn't realize just how false until the other day.

SurreyCares, formerly the Surrey Foundation, has just launched an online survey where they're asking residents to grade their community.

Hot on the heels of Wolfram Language we now have Mathematica 10, which is said to be the first version to be based on the new language.

Three quarters of New Mexicans who have a STEM-related bachelor's degree aren't employed in science, technology, engineering or mathematics occupations, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday.