I Come
to Bury Sigma not to Praise it. (Chapter 10)
As the
son and nephew of statisticians, the author feels entitled to poke fun at
what he calls “Steam Era Statistics.” Terms such as Sigma and Covariance
are referred to as Red words, appear in their own distinctive font, and
should not be used in polite company. Technically, a Red Word may be
defined as something that cannot be uttered in a singles bar. A glossary of
these terms in the back of the book is provided to protect the reader from people
blowing smoke with technical jargon.
