AI Snips
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Gus the Nonretrieving Retriever
- Gregg's dog Gus is called an English cream golden retriever but is white and does not retrieve.
- Gus collects and leaves stuffed animals outside creating a "crop circle" security system around the house.
Keep Key Concepts Ready
- Keep key quantitative concepts "at your fingertips" like one keeps songs for piano performance.
- This helps whether you’re a user, teacher, or developer of quantitative methods.
Estimation Is Like Calvinball
- Estimation criteria are like Calvinball: the rules define what is "best" and can change arbitrarily.
- Squaring residuals forms the basis for least squares and elegantly solves sign and distance issues in estimation.