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Damned Souls and Statistics (2011) |
 | Robert Dawson |
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A statistician sells her soul to the devil in exchange for guaranteed tenure, but redeems herself by creating a cleverly useless confidence interval.
I like the part about the realization during her... (more) |
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Final Exam (2011) |
 | Robert Dawson |
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A math professor nearing retirement and displeased with trends in academia decides to use his final exam (the last he will ever give) to get his revenge on the cheating students in his calculus class.... (more) |
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Ladies' Night (2017) |
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| Robert Dawson |
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A card sharp known as "Lady Jane" attempts to swindle a statistician visiting Las Vegas for a conference. The plot twists and turns as it mentions things like the Monty Hall Problem, Game Theory, and... (more) |
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On the Occasion Of Your Graduation (2011) |
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| Robert Dawson |
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A thesis advisor entrusts his Ph.D. student with the responsibility of determining what to do with his discovery that mathematics contains inconsistencies.
This is one of several works of fiction that... (more) |
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