You might think about looking at stock returns and asking questions about the probability of doubling your money or of getting a rate of return that exceeds the historical mean. Geoff
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Christophe Genolini <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi the list, > > As a statistics teacher, I teach to NOT-scientists student, public that it > is permanently necessary to motivate. I am thus in search of examples both > scientific and playful to illustrate my courses. It is not always easy to > find. As other teacher might be in the same case, I say to myself that we > could maybe share our 'best' examples? > > So I start: a social psychologist (Nicolas Gueguen, article here > http://nicolas.gueguen.free.fr/index.html) has establishes that if we > approach a perfect unknown lady on a beach and we ask for its phone number, > we have 9 % of chance to obtain it. If we call her by touching her slightly > on the front arm, we have 19 % (!!!) of chances to obtain it (test of chi2, > p < 0.01). Surprising, isn't it? > > So what are your 'best examples' ? > > Christophe Genolini > > -- > ----------------------------------------- > Christophe Genolini > Maitre de conférences > INSERM U669, Equipe Biostatistiques > UFR STAPS, Université de Paris Ouest-Nanterre-La Défense > Web: http:\\christophe.genolini.free.fr > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-teaching > -- Geoffrey Smith Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Finance W. P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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