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Non-parametric tests

The most usual suspects when it come to the non-parametric tests are Mann-Whitney for pairwise comparison between two groups Kruskal-Wallis test when you want to compare multiple groups Mann-Whitney or Wilcox test as implemented in R is easy to understand since it compares rank as opposed to mean. This was fairly easy but we are…
iMac pro repair 2

Here is the update to the iMac pro repair post. It has been almost 15 business days but Apple has been unable to fix this computer. It took more than a week to admit the fault was with the hardware and not the software that they initially suspected. Currently, they are waiting for the part…
iMac pro repair 1

Right before the Christmas day, my iMac computer mysteriously started shutting down. My first initial suspect was that it went to sleep but no it was coldly booted off. I checked my power cable and all the cables on my surge protector. Everything looked fine. A quick internet search suggested to reset SMC by pulling…
Ways to blog

Lot has changed since I blogged last time. It has been 3 years since I posted something. Last of my two posts have been reposts from the posthaven website. This post was inspired by me looking to find blogging platform. I searched the web and found few blogging platforms 1) WordPress (of course) 2) Ghost…
Choices

As kids, we do not have many choices but as we grow up, no. of choices grow up as well. This is generally considered good because we get to choose and follow our interests. These interests can be influenced by so many factors including our friends,media and our dear ones. These days with the explosion…
Learning C

Recently I was exploring Golang and found that it was inspired from C. Golang creators were part of the team that contributed to C in its infancy so there should be no surprise. The simplicity of Golang plus the rich library that comes with it makes it a good language to learn. This made me…
Using Linux

My first OS was DOS and I did not do any programming on it but I did use LOGO. It may have been Windows 3 or whatever version was available during that time. OK, it was somewhat of a programming but I was not at all interested. It felt a very different experience but nothing…
Benefits of techology,social networking etc

If you are reading this than you have surfed the web. Every one knows the amount of information that is available on the web. Social networking, Internet meetings, video chat etc are few of the offshoots of the internet. We enjoy posting photos to showcase it to our friends through the web. Lately, we have…
Days before new semester

I have not written/blogged for a while. When i started to blog, I thought i would do it everyday. It is always easy to make decisions but million times hard to follow them. This is where 95% unsuccessful people fail. No, I have not counted unsuccessful people but i assume this must be one of…
Emotions lead to art

I have not written any blog since my days of exams or test was over. I found that i tend to write more often when i am sad or cannot think how to deal with the issues in everyday life. This leads me to think that amatuers writers like me or low level writers tend…