Physics GRE Questions @GrePhysics

I post questions similar to those on the Physics GRE! Follow me if you want to add an extra edge to your preparation! Joined October 2018

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Data Science Fact @DataSciFact

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'However beautiful the strategy, you should occasional look at the results.' -- Winston Churchill (?)

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“Whenever there is a simple error that most laymen fall for, there is always a slightly more sophisticated version of the same problem that experts fall for.” — Amos Tversky

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math prof @mathematicsprof

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Noted mathematical logician Harvey Friedman has generously put several manuscripts on set theory and foundational mathematics to be read or downloaded at ==> tinyurl.com/y2zf7wvv

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If someone asked me if math is discovered or created (Platonist or Formalist), I'd say my brain doesn't work at that level. However, if shackled and forced to answer, I'd say I was a Formalist Platonist; i.e. there may be a Michelangelo under that marble, but I got the chisel.

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Algebra Etc. @AlgebraFact

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'It is the snobbishness of the young to suppose that a theorem is trivial because the proof is trivial.' -- Henry Whitehead

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Data Science Fact @DataSciFact

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'Begin with very simple methods. If possible, end with simple methods.' -- Sir David Cox

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Information geometry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informati…

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Reference comparing R, Python, and MATLAB syntax mathesaurus.sourceforge.net/matlab-python-…

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'An ounce of replication is worth a ton of inferential statistics.' -- J. H. Steigerus

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'Statistics is the art of stating in precise terms that which one does not know.' -- William Kruskal

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“Mathematicians, pure and applied, think there is something weirdly different about statistics. They are right.” -- James Franklin

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The wiggle paradox johndcook.com/blog/2012/01/3…

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'However beautiful the strategy, you should occasional look at the results.' -- Winston Churchill (?)

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Data Science Fact @DataSciFact

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One of the side effects of a career in statistics is becoming more aware of implicit assumptions. As Adrian Monk would say, it's a blessing and a curse.