Biostatistics Art, Music and Poetry Contributions

Hey Professor Diener-West
I'm looking for your pretty slides
Your handwritten ones are without a doubt
The best biostats guides
Help me recall
So I can analyze it all
Data from Nepal

oh~ it's what you teach to me
oh~ like using z's vs. t's
oh~ regression analyses
oh~ there's no class like Marie's
no class like Marie's

JTH 2008

DECK THE MODEL
(SUNG TO THE MELODY OF "DECK THE HALLS")

DECK THE MODEL WITH LOGISTIC.
βα-βα-βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα-βα
'TIS THE SEASON FOR STATISTICS.
βα-βα-βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα-βα
DON WE NOW OUR "SAME MEANS" LESSON.
βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα
TROLL ANOVA FOR REGRESSION.
βα-βα-βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα-βα
SEE THE BLAZING BONFERRONI.
βα-βα-βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα-βα
STRIKE THE P-VALUE BEFORE ME.
βα-βα-βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα-βα
FOLLOW BARTLETT TO HIS TEST
βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα
WHILE THE CHI-SQUARED DOES ITS BEST.
βα-βα-βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα-βα
FAST THE DATA FORM A LINE.
βα-βα-βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα-βα
HAIL THE CORRELATION RHYME.
βα-βα-βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα-βα
SING WE OF RESIDUAL ANALYSIS,
βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα
HEEDLESS OF OUR OTHER CLASSES.
βα-βα-βα-βα-βα, βα-βα-βα-βα

Lenis Chen

If We Only Had Your Notes by Hayden Hawry (music) 

Based on "Let it be" by the Beatles

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Marie (Karen) comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it Z
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it t
Let it Z, let it t
Let it Z, let it t
I need words of wisdom
Which would it be?

- Kunihiro Matsushita

"Some people just don’t like tails!"
Others do -- at least when it refers to fried fish!
"Life is easier at the tails!"
Really! Why then do tails connote "rejection?"
"Common things occur commonly"
But rare events do happen!
And, commonly, it is those rare events that define us

When pummeled to the wrong end of the tails,
Our heads rise in the hope of being Poissoned to the other end
Tails inspire our dreams but they also birth despair
Even though Gauss sheltered tails under the umbrella of "normal,"
Herein lies the summation of our days:
"Average means Normal"

- Chuma Mbaeyi

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Last edited: 17 December, 2008