Re: consistent statistic

[Robert J. MacG. Dawson]

Art Kendall wrote:
> 
> would someone name some physical or social phenomena where the measurements
> follow a Cauchy distribution?

        Put a laser pointer on the axis of a roulette wheel and spin it. The
position of the light-spot on the wall will be Cauchy distributed.

        -Robert Dawson


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