http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/teachingblog/2009/07/02/calculus-vs-probability-statistics/ Discussions on techniques and practices for effective college teaching across disciplines Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:29:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/teachingblog/2009/07/02/calculus-vs-probability-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-3243 Tomasello Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:34:37 +0000 http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/teachingblog/?p=581#comment-3243 Somewhere, in each of my upper-level classes, I manage to say, " . . . and you want to appeal to two standard deviations from the mean in targeting audience taste in music." Now, I know that "taste in music" can't be quantified, but, for the sake of argument, it's a rather slipshod way of saying that you can't expect to make immediate money if you're niche marketing either music for early adopters or music for laggards (e.g., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKqkcHvJN9k vs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0KVFg5ZFxw). But this is coming from a guy who knows no statistics and even less about calculus. I can certainly use a good dose of both. Somewhere, in each of my upper-level classes, I manage to say, ” . . . and you want to appeal to two standard deviations from the mean in targeting audience taste in music.” Now, I know that “taste in music” can’t be quantified, but, for the sake of argument, it’s a rather slipshod way of saying that you can’t expect to make immediate money if you’re niche marketing either music for early adopters or music for laggards (e.g., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKqkcHvJN9k vs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0KVFg5ZFxw). But this is coming from a guy who knows no statistics and even less about calculus. I can certainly use a good dose of both.

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