The Lady Tasting Tea
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The Lady Tasting Tea
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Author : David Salsburg
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2002-05-01
The Lady Tasting Tea written by David Salsburg and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-01 with Mathematics categories.
At a summer tea party in Cambridge, England, a lady states that tea poured into milk tastes differently than that of milk poured into tea. Her notion is shouted down by the scientific minds of the group. But one guest, by the name Ronald Aylmer Fisher, proposes to scientifically test the lady's hypothesis. There was no better person to conduct such a test. For Fisher had brought to the field of statistics an emphasis on controlling the methods for obtaining data and the importance of interpretation. He knew that how the data was gathered and applied was as important as the data themselves. In The Lady Tasting Tea, readers will encounter not only Ronald Fisher's theories (and their repercussions), but the ideas of dozens of men and women whose revolutionary work affects our everyday lives. Writing with verve and wit, author David Salsburg traces the rise and fall of Karl Pearson's theories, explores W. Edwards Deming's statistical methods of quality control (which rebuilt postwar Japan's economy), and relates the story of Stella Cunliff's early work on the capacity of small beer casks at the Guinness brewing factory. The Lady Tasting Tea is not a book of dry facts and figures, but the history of great individuals who dared to look at the world in a new way.
The Lady Tasting Tea
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Author : Phillip E. Pfeifer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
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This short case describes a famous experiment conducted by Sir Ronald A. Fisher and colleagues to test Dr. B. Muriel Bristol's claim that she could tell "only by tasting" whether milk or tea was poured first into her cup. Using hypothesis testing, students must answer the question of how many correct picks the lady tasting tea (LTT) must make in order to "prove" her claim.This case will become an "exercise" when such an option exists--mainly for pricing purposes. In the meantime, it will be internal use only.ExcerptUVA-QA-0771Aug. 31, 2011The Lady Tasting TeaThe photo to the right is of R. A. Fisher (1890-1962), who was one of the founders of modern statistics. In 1919, Fisher had begun working at Rothamsted Experimental Station, an agricultural research institution in England. The following is an account of what has become a famous event in the history of the development of statistics:Already, quite soon after [Fisher] had come to Rothamsted, his presence had transformed one commonplace tea time to [a] historic event. It happened one afternoon when he drew a cup of tea from the urn and offered it to the lady beside him, Dr. B. Muriel Bristol, an algologist [one who studies algae]. She declined it, stating that she preferred a cup into which the milk had been poured first. "Nonsense," returned Fisher, smiling, "Surely it makes no difference." But she maintained, with emphasis, that of course it did. From just behind, a voice suggested, "Let's test her." It was William Roach, who was not long afterward to marry Miss Bristol. Immediately, they embarked on the preliminaries of the experiment, Roach assisting with the cups and exulting that Miss Bristol divined correctly more than enough of those cups into which tea had been poured first to prove her case.Miss Bristol's personal triumph was never recorded, and perhaps Fisher was not satisfied at that moment with the extempore experimental procedure. One can be sure, however, that even as he conceived and carried out the experiment beside the trestle table, and the onlookers, no doubt, took sides as to its outcome, he was thinking through the questions it raised: How many cups should be used in the test? Should they be paired? In what order should the cups be presented? What should be done about chance variations in the temperature, sweetness, and so on? What conclusion could be drawn from a perfect score or from one with one or more errors?This event is also discussed in chapter 1 of the book The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century.For the purposes of our discussion, assume the experiment will consist of 10 pairs of cups (each pair comprising one cup with milk poured before tea and the other with tea poured before milk) for which Dr. B. Muriel Bristol, the algologist, will be asked to determine whether milk or tea was poured first.
Infused
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Author : Henrietta Lovell
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2019-06-04
Infused written by Henrietta Lovell and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-04 with Cooking categories.
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARHenrietta Lovell is best known as 'The Rare Tea Lady'. She is on a mission to revolutionise the way we drink tea by replacing industrially produced teabags with the highest quality tea leaves. Her quest has seen her travel to the Shire Highlands of Malawi, across the foothills of the Himalayas, and to hidden gardens in the Wuyi-Shan to source the world's most extraordinary teas.Infused invites us to discover these remarkable places, introducing us to the individual growers and household name chefs Lovell has met along the way - and reveals the true pleasures of tea. The result is a delicious infusion of travel writing, memoir, recipes, and glorious photography, all written with Lovell's unique charm and wit.
The Tea Girl Of Hummingbird Lane
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Author : Lisa See
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-03-21
The Tea Girl Of Hummingbird Lane written by Lisa See and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-21 with Fiction categories.
A thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple. Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate—the first automobile any of them have seen—and a stranger arrives. In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. In her biggest seller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See introduced the Yao people to her readers. Here she shares the customs of another Chinese ethnic minority, the Akha, whose world will soon change. Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules that have shaped her existence. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than stand by tradition, she wraps her daughter in a blanket, with a tea cake hidden in her swaddling, and abandons her in the nearest city. After mother and daughter have gone their separate ways, Li-yan slowly emerges from the security and insularity of her village to encounter modern life while Haley grows up a privileged and well-loved California girl. Despite Haley’s happy home life, she wonders about her origins; and Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. They both search for and find answers in the tea that has shaped their family’s destiny for generations. A powerful story about a family, separated by circumstances, culture, and distance, Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond that connects mothers and daughters.
The Design Of Experiments
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Author : Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Design Of Experiments written by Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Statistics categories.
The Seven Pillars Of Statistical Wisdom
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Author : Stephen M. Stigler
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2016-03-07
The Seven Pillars Of Statistical Wisdom written by Stephen M. Stigler and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-07 with Social Science categories.
What gives statistics its unity as a science? Stephen Stigler sets forth the seven foundational ideas of statistics—a scientific discipline related to but distinct from mathematics and computer science. Even the most basic idea—aggregation, exemplified by averaging—is counterintuitive. It allows one to gain information by discarding information, namely, the individuality of the observations. Stigler’s second pillar, information measurement, challenges the importance of “big data” by noting that observations are not all equally important: the amount of information in a data set is often proportional to only the square root of the number of observations, not the absolute number. The third idea is likelihood, the calibration of inferences with the use of probability. Intercomparison is the principle that statistical comparisons do not need to be made with respect to an external standard. The fifth pillar is regression, both a paradox (tall parents on average produce shorter children; tall children on average have shorter parents) and the basis of inference, including Bayesian inference and causal reasoning. The sixth concept captures the importance of experimental design—for example, by recognizing the gains to be had from a combinatorial approach with rigorous randomization. The seventh idea is the residual: the notion that a complicated phenomenon can be simplified by subtracting the effect of known causes, leaving a residual phenomenon that can be explained more easily. The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom presents an original, unified account of statistical science that will fascinate the interested layperson and engage the professional statistician.
Errors Blunders And Lies
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Author : David S. Salsburg
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2017-05-18
Errors Blunders And Lies written by David S. Salsburg and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-18 with Mathematics categories.
We live in a world that is not quite "right." The central tenet of statistical inquiry is that Observation = Truth + Error because even the most careful of scientific investigations have always been bedeviled by uncertainty. Our attempts to measure things are plagued with small errors. Our attempts to understand our world are blocked by blunders. And, unfortunately, in some cases, people have been known to lie. In this long-awaited follow-up to his well-regarded bestseller, The Lady Tasting Tea, David Salsburg opens a door to the amazing widespread use of statistical methods by looking at historical examples of errors, blunders and lies from areas as diverse as archeology, law, economics, medicine, psychology, sociology, Biblical studies, history, and war-time espionage. In doing so, he shows how, upon closer statistical investigation, errors and blunders often lead to useful information. And how statistical methods have been used to uncover falsified data. Beginning with Edmund Halley’s examination of the Transit of Venus and ending with a discussion of how many tanks Rommel had during the Second World War, the author invites the reader to come along on this easily accessible and fascinating journey of how to identify the nature of errors, minimize the effects of blunders, and figure out who the liars are.
You Re Nose Is In My Crotch And Other Things You Shouldn T Know About The Lady Tasting Tea
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Author : Lucas Ading
language : en
Publisher: Lennex
Release Date : 2013-04
You Re Nose Is In My Crotch And Other Things You Shouldn T Know About The Lady Tasting Tea written by Lucas Ading and has been published by Lennex this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04 with categories.
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Tasting Tea Tidbits Three
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Author : Republican Women of Wichita Falls (Tex.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Tasting Tea Tidbits Three written by Republican Women of Wichita Falls (Tex.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Cooking, American categories.
Tasting Tea
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Tasting Tea written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Cooking categories.