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Re: [Phys-L] From a Math Prof (physics BS major) at my institution ( math challenge)

From: Paul Nord <paul.nord@valpo.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:07:57 -0600

That’s the trouble with randomness, you can never be sure…
http://www.nsftools.com/misc/DilbertRandom.gif

On Feb 17, 2014, at 5:44 PM, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:

More to the point, statistical testing like this is a one-sided
proposition. As Dykstra was fond of saying: Testing can demonstrate
the presence of bugs. It can never prove the absence of bugs.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [Phys-L] the physics of randomness
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  - From: Richard Tarara <rtarara@saintmarys.edu>
- Re: [Phys-L] From a Math Prof (physics BS major) at my institution ( math challenge)
  - From: John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>

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