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

["Rauber, Joel" <Joel.Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>]

Yes, and one way to use a barometer to measure the height of building is to find the building superintendent and offer him a good barometer if he'll tell you the height of the building.

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> On Feb 21, 2014, at 12:10 AM, "John Denker" <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:
>
> On 02/17/2014 09:33 AM, Rauber, Joel wrote in part:
> > Hint: there is an easy, almost trivial, way to do this, or least to
> > locate the most likely student list.
>
> There is an easy, almost trivial way to identify the NON-student list:
>  https://www.google.com/search?q=%22south+dakota%22+lottery+09-17-21-25-26+13-23-24-26-34
>
> If you are wondering what's the point, what's the physics in that....
>
> The point is, when doing experiments on human subjects, double blinding
> and other controls are reeeeeally important.  You have to be super-
> fastidious about this.  Otherwise the results are going to be seriously 
> unreliable.
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