Probability Models Don’t Generate Your Data Don’t start your analysis by asking, “How are these data distributed?”
Fri, 02/27/2009 - 10:19
The number of major hurricanes in the Atlantic since 1940 (as we considered in my February column, “First, Look at the Data”) are shown as a histogram in figure 1, below. Some analysts would begin their treatment of these data by considering… First, Look at the DataWhat can we learn from the historical record?
Thu, 01/29/2009 - 14:03
I recently received a data set consisting of the number of major hurricanes in the North Atlantic from 1940 to 2007. (Major hurricanes are those that reach Category 3 status or higher at some point during their existence.)
The first step in…