Quantitative Methods
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Really hard statistical math. At least, I thought it was hard. It was required for business majors at the college I went to. I think I got a B in that course.
Nothing like one problem taking three notebook pages to work out.
Nothing like one problem taking three notebook pages to work out.
Well when I took the course, it was open book. Thank god my professor didn't think memorizing 100 character math forumlas was realistic or practical.JMAC said:
Wow, so you do know what I do for a living. Ok, not all the time, but it's a big part of my job.I Are Baboon said:Really hard statistical math. At least, I thought it was hard. It was required for business majors at the college I went to. I think I got a B in that course.
Nothing like one problem taking three notebook pages to work out.
Why yes, I do hate it. Thank you for asking.
WOW.....you mean there are people that actually use that stuff in real life?BikeGeek said:Wow, so you do know what I do for a living. Ok, not all the time, but it's a big part of my job.
I Are Baboon said:Really hard statistical math. At least, I thought it was hard. It was required for business majors at the college I went to. I think I got a B in that course.
Nothing like one problem taking three notebook pages to work out.
I actually liked my Stat classes.
Null hypothesis, t-test, Chi-squared, blablabla... You can use Stats to prove anything a certain % of the time.
You guys inspired mt to revive my old sig....
I'm sure you will be able to tell which one.
I'm sure you will be able to tell which one.
The worst part is that my boss is one of those old-timer technophobes that has me do all the regressions on paper to double check the software.I Are Baboon said:
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I can feel your pain on that one. I am a mech eng. and have to present all my calcs to the company's insurance rep. for review. Can be up to 200 pg. worth. Once a year we have to do it all by hand to prove our software as well. Blaa.BikeGeek said:The worst part is that my boss is one of those old-timer technophobes that has me do all the regressions on paper to double check the software.
BikeGeek said:The worst part is that my boss is one of those old-timer technophobes that has me do all the regressions on paper to double check the software.
Has it ever been wrong?
hire BV to validate it for you, so you don't have to double-check.
Not to any decimal places that mattered.-BB- said:
I had repressed a bad memory of my college experience UNTIL I SAW THIS THREAD TITLE
It's like beating your head against a brick wall; you feel good when you're done.