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



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.