Quiz time

[jackiew]

interesting theory but .... WRONG

[jackiew]

[QUOTE=Driver]Bayesian statistics - are enhanced [\QUOTE]

you're heading in the right direction Driver

[silentC]

Something to do with probability and order of events or something but I can't remember. I HATED stats. :mad:

[Honest Gaza]

Bayes Ian....a television show I am not familiar with.

Although I do remember the Magic Ian with Bill Bixby and some western show about the Virgin Ian.

[bitingmidge]

Bayesian statistics are the statistics first used to describe the attributes of the Cast of Bay Watch and usually expressed in a quasi binary form, written in three pairs of numbers. eg. 42 24 28

By interpolation of these mystery numbers the traditional statisticians are able to tell the age, sex and marital status of the average viewer.

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[Ivan in Oz]

WOW!!

That's a mouthful! :eek: :eek:

Count

[AlexS]

A statistical method developed by Thomas Bayes, by which probabilities of events are reassessed in the light of new information...something that happens regularly in the field of flood & drought hydrology.

[jackiew]

AlexS .... lovely answer .... your go.

[AlexS]

Thanks Jackie...they (hydrologists) say that statistics owes more to hydrology then hydrology owes to statistics.

OK, which Australian classic book starts 'UNEMPLOYED at last!'

(I know how he felt - I finally retired this week)

[hexbaz]

Congrats on the retirement. I'll be there before too long

The book is 'Such is Life' by Tom Collins, whose real name was Joe Furphy. I read the book years ago. Difficult read - I must revisit it; he was a great author.

[AlexS]

Absolutely correct Hexbaz - thanks & hope you enjoy your retirement as much as I'm enjoying mine two days into it.

It's one of my favourite books, as, for a while my work was itinerant, as is the main character in the book, and in the same area. I'm sure some of the people he met in the late 19th century were still alive in the late 20th!

[Kris.Parker1]

Why when tyres are black and you do a burn out do you get white smoke but when you burn one the smoke is black?

[Ivan in Oz]

Kris.Parker
Is this a riddle.

It's because of the different Oxidisation levels of the Carbonatious compounds present in the rubber.

WELL!! Sounds good to me

Count

[Kris.Parker1]

Yeah, it's a bit of a riddle, bit of a question... More to get people thinking about it...

[Bob Willson]

You don't actuaslly get white smoke. What you get is smoke that is of a much lesser density and so it appears to be white. With the tyre burning, the particles of burnt tyre are much denser in the air (higher ppm) and so appear to be black