Last night someone was asking me a question about the football wild-card race. Since it’s the other Dr. Armstrong who does sadisticsstatistics, I punted (sorry) it over to someone who’d give a surer answer.
Generally it goes like I’d expected, but sure enough, Isabel came up with a really slick proof, and also realized why that guy even asked me the question.
This is mainly an expository blath, with occasional high-level excursions, humorous observations, rants, and musings. The main-line exposition should be accessible to the “Generally Interested Lay Audience”, as long as you trace the links back towards the basics. Check the sidebar for specific topics (under “Categories”).
I’m in the process of tweaking some aspects of the site to make it easier to refer back to older topics, so try to make the best of it for now.
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