Statistics Is an Art

Thursday, November 15, 2012 by Eston Martz

When you say the word "statistics" to people, most think about math. But not me. I think about art.

 

I was reminded about this when I received the following e-mail recently: 

Hi Eston --

I read your paper on "Weather Forecasts: Just How Reliable Are They?" and have a few questions. I am a retired engineer who enjoys data and would like to do a similar study for my home town. I want to look at the NWS and our local TV stations' 7 day forecasts (high, lows and precip.).

I was wondering if you have more details on the statistical analysis. I did take statistics for engineers in college in the 1960s, but have forgotten almost all I learned. I also did some statistics at work, but we had statisticians to do the hard stuff.

I enjoyed your blog "How...

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