Category Archives: Statistics

Small programming challenge No. 6 – nblocks

Posted on January 25, 2011 by lorg

I came up with this challenge when I had to write a function to divide a sequence to percentiles. I needed this to calculate some statistics over trips for plnnr.com. “This sounds trivial” I thought, and reached for my simple … Continue reading →

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The Art and Science of Pulling Numbers Out of Your Sleeve

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lorg

About a year or so ago, I was reading R. V. Jones’ excellent book ‘Most Secret War’. One of the stories I remembered and told my colleagues about, was how Jones estimated the rocket production capabilities of the Germans. He … Continue reading →

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Solution for the Random Selection Challenge

Posted on February 23, 2008 by lorg

A few days ago, I wrote up two small Python Challenges. Several people have presented solutions for the first challenge, and I also posted my solution in the comments there. However, the second challenge remained unsolved, and I will present … Continue reading →

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