Thursday, December 21st, 2006 Posted in Fun Stuff, Public Interest, Sport | 3 Comments »
Maybe one-day cricket is not real cricket. Certainly it began as pure entertainment. There are several differences in the rules for the short form of the game. For instance, leg ... Read more..Monday, December 18th, 2006 Posted in Fun Stuff, Public Interest, Sport | 7 Comments »
Warney is bowling around the wicket to a right hander. It is the one that keeps straight. It pitches one inch outside leg stump, hits the pad in front of ... Read more..Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 Posted in Fun Stuff, Public Interest, Sport | 4 Comments »
Well, I'm having fun. Here is the third issue I would like to highlight. (Don't worry. I'll get to lbw next). Darrell Hair. International incidents. The issue is ball tampering ... Read more..Monday, December 11th, 2006 Posted in Events, Profession | No Comments »
(Posted on behalf of Ken Russell). The Mathematics and Statistics in Industry Study Group Conference (MISG) for 2007 will be held at the University of Wollongong, from 5th to 9th ... Read more..Monday, December 11th, 2006 Posted in Fun Stuff, Public Interest, Sport | 7 Comments »
Here is another suggestion about what I see as the inadequacies of the rules of cricket. This has nothing to do with statistics apart from the fact that I am ... Read more..Thursday, December 7th, 2006 Posted in Fun Stuff, Public Interest, Sport | 10 Comments »
Here begins a series of 5 short posts on what I see as the inadequacies of the rules of cricket. Not all of them have anything to do with statistics ... Read more..Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 Posted in Teaching | 9 Comments »
We're having a debate, at the University of Melbourne, as to whether or not we should be teaching the interpretation and usage of statistical tables in our service courses. After ... Read more..