Associate Professor of Mathematics @HofstraU. Logician, fan of the laws of probability & randomness, & mathematical crafter. All opinions my own. She/her/hers
May 10, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
OK, #stats story time again. I've promised @RrrichardZach a thread about the #GermanTankProblem. So imagine it's 1943. You, a statistician for the Allies, would really like to have some idea of how many tanks are rolling off German assembly lines each month. 1/10
The intelligence community is making their own estimates, but you're using information from the serial numbers of various tank parts, mainly the gearboxes and the wheels. 2/10
