At Williams lists public events on and around campus. http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:41:57 -0500 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/9/2009#event2543 Math/Stats Department Colloquium by Crosby Fish '10. Benford's Law states that in many natural sets of data, the leading digits are distributed in a surprisingly non-uniform way. This talk will investigate difference equations as a way of gaining insight into the properties behind Benford's Law. We will then discuss its limitations, and close by describing some of its applications.]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:37:27 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/10/2009#event2542 International Colloquium with Ann-Cathrin Jungar, Research Scholar and Visiting Professor of Political Science. Jungar has studied the repercussions of the EU on the states in Europe and has taken a particular interest in the roles of national parliaments in internationalized political processes. She is currently leading the multidisciplinary project "New voices, old roots" on populism in the enlarged Europe.]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:54:27 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/10/2009#event2540 Lecture by Dr. Nancy Rabalais of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Sponsored by the Geosciences Dept. Class of '60's Lecture Program.]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:04:01 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/11/2009#event2541 Math/Stats Department Colloquium with Samantha Baldwin '10. In statistics, we use hypothesis tests to make difficult decisions about experimental data. We will open by reminding ourselves about how t tests work and what a t statistic looks like, and then we will familiarize ourselves with generalized likelihood ratio tests. After we explore a few examples with normal Poisson distributions, we will finish by proving/discussing the asymptotic properties of the likelihood ratio test as well as its equivalence to the two sample t test.]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:11:12 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/11/2009#event2398 Join artists and studio art faculty members Mike Glier and Amy Podmore for a walk through their exhibition.
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