Monthly Archives: March 2005

Management Improvement Books

Posted on March 21, 2005 by John Hunter

My recent post on Statistics for Experimenters: Design, Innovation, and Discovery , 2nd Edition reminds me I have not mentioned other good books that have been published recently. Three great books published last year are: Six Sigma Beyond the Factory Floor by Ronald D. Snee and Roger W. Hoerl. Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future by Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski and Betty … Continue reading →

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NCAA Basketball Tournament

Posted on March 13, 2005 by John Hunter

Sign up for the curiouscat.com group on ESPN to compare your picks to other Curious Cats. You can link your existing entry to the group or create your account for ESPN, then make your picks and then link to the curiouscat.com group. Go Badgers

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Who Influences Your Thinking?

Posted on March 10, 2005 by John Hunter

Comments on Who Influences Your Thinking? [broken link removed] – Survey results [broken link removed] > 1. Are people getting most of their information > from other sources? That would be my guess. Similar to the phenomenon of “the long tail” which is an interesting topic in its own right. We tend to focus on the popular few (books, musicians, movies, authors, computer programs…) but often the sum of the less popular many is more significant. See: The Long Tail … Continue reading →

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Statistics for Experimenters – Second Edition

Posted on March 8, 2005 by John Hunter

The classic Statistics for Experimenters has been updated by George Box and Stu Hunter, two of the three original authors. Bill Hunter, who was my father, and the other author, died in 1986. Order online: Statistics for Experimenters: Design, Innovation, and Discovery , 2nd Edition by George E. P. Box, J. Stuart Hunter, William G. Hunter. I happen to agree with those who call this book a classic, however, I am obviously biased. Google Scholar citations for the first edition … Continue reading →

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Curious Cat Articles and Links

Posted on March 1, 2005 by John Hunter

We have created a new blog, Curious Cat Articles and Links, where we will post links to articles and web sites we find interesting.

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