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Coronavirus #2 – What sample size does Boris need to lift all restrictions?

April 2, 2020 By Nigel Marriott

April Fools day 2020 saw the hive mind of social media asking what the sample size should be to measure the extent of the Coronavirus in the UK.  I could see that many people responding were reaching for standard methodologies which are usually are based on specifying a desired confidence interval.  In doing so, they were overlooking a much more effective and relevant alternative based on the methodology of Acceptance Sampling, first developed by the US Military in World War 2.

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Filed Under: Misc, Polling Tagged With: Acceptance Sampling, Bayes rule, Binomial Distribution, Coronavirus, Covid19, Probability, Sample size, Statistical Training

Ethnicity #1 – Is all white alright?

July 18, 2019 By Nigel Marriott

You have just started work for a new employer and with you joining, the company now has 25 employees.  All are white including you.  Would you raise your eyebrows at that?

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Filed Under: Diversity Tagged With: Bayes rule, Binomial Distribution, Discrimination, Ethnicity, Probability, Workplace diversity

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