David Bedford

@probnstat The only thing you know for certain is that the null hypothesis is false.

TRUE or FALSE: The p-value is the probability that the null hypothesis is true.

#UCL psg v psv. The TLA derby

@icecolbeveridge You can now strengthen your bound to n>1 :)

It sounds like the maths newsletter idea interests n people, where n is a positive integer. Amazing. Issue 0 goes out on Wednesday. You can sign up for Double Maths First Thing here: stats.sender.net/forms/azpPYY/v… . Let me know of any problems!

@d_spiegel A Very Very Very Short Introduction to Statistics?

Drained after 3 days in a booth recording the audio version of The Art of Uncertainty, with a sensitive mic that picked up every gut-gurgle. Note to self: if there is a next book, write it without maths, figures and tables. And short. amazon.co.uk/Art-Uncertaint…

Thought I’d got it but shitcreak is double E. oh well #Countdown

@PardoeMary If it filled in the answers and the ticks it would be a real time-saver! :)

What on earth is the point of this? Why expect/force/ask anyone to keep re-doing the same 10 simple calculations over and over again?

@TeaKayB @Trudgeteacher Don’t think so.

@Trudgeteacher Yeah, but were people saying it or something like it before then?

Was "it's coming home" a thing that football people said constantly during international competitions prior to 1996, or is the prevelance that particular use of that particular phrase entirely down to a mediocre-but-catchy sort-of-comedy novelty britpop single from the mid 90s?

Proposal for a new qualification to tackle GCSE maths resit failure - MEI mei.org.uk/proposal-for-a…

@Trudgeteacher I’ve always said you should have the penalties before the match so that one of the teams has to attack.

@Trudgeteacher We just need to concede earlier.

@galoisgirl Glad to see people are finally confronting this issue. There has been far too much undue criticism of the behaviour of whales in recent years :)

Some of this stats feedback feels bizarre to write

@DrBennison @galoisgirl I was tutoring a very good FM student on this and showed him the method that I expect we both prefer. He said that his teacher had shown him a much better method. I asked him what it was and he said he couldn’t remember it but it was a very good method :)

I seem to have got progressively worse during the day today at taking photos in sessions. Loved @galoisgirl ‘s session in the last slot of the day. I’m going to steal the idea of “Proof of the Week” for next year. And I’m glad you don’t like f(k+1)-f(k) style induction either :)

@MooseAllain Or carrying a tv?

Maybe I’ll emerge a minute later wearing a stetson.

The Exeter City Wall guided tour stops outside our house to look at my neighbour’s place. One day I’m going to go on the tour, pretend I see a key on the ground, pick it up, try it in the door, then walk into the house and shut the door.

@Masterofwhine Behave :)

@Masterofwhine The bread from a good restaurant. Often my favourite part of the meal.

I cannot think of a better value for money luxury than sparkling water. It’s joyous. Any others worth considering?

@Masterofwhine My illusions are shattered :)

@DavidB52s Nah, too basic i’m afraid

Nope, my mistake. Great on day two. #LongLiveBurgundy

@Masterofwhine I imagined you having some special contraption lol

@DavidB52s Put the cork back it

@Masterofwhine Did you just replace the cork or use something like a vacuum pump? :)

@DavidB52s In the fridge?

@wtgowers @CmonMattTHINK There is a similar move towards teachers asking "What questions do you have?" instead of "Do you have any questions?". I've heard several say that this change has been surprisingly effective.

@CmonMattTHINK I was speaking recently to a mathematician who has had many very successful research students. He told me that instead of saying, "Come back when you've made progress on this problem," he says, "Go away and think about this problem and come back with some questions."

The first two hundred factorials. What do you notice? What do you wonder?