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I was told by an MBA to remove Standard Deviation from a web page because it was too techy. When I defined the number he said, well, "Change Standard Deviation to Variance it sounds less technical" but he wanted me to keep the standard deviation as the number displayed *rolls eyes*, I changed the field to Variance and the number to Variance, he never noticed.
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You could have used the word "Variation" and kept the standard deviation computation.
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I once had to explain to an English Major what a "Unreliable Narrator" was. Why this was important in understanding many fantasy, science fiction works both printed and dramatic, and even in modern political discourse.
My wife didn't speak to me for the rest of the day.
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kmg365 wrote: My wife didn't speak to me for the rest of the day.
Sounds familiar. My wife has an M.A. in English.
She absolutely hates it when I correct her spelling or grammar.
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Funnily I once had the opposite experience, an ex-GF English BA who was a brilliant writer in terms of vocabulary and imagination, but bad in grammar and punctuation, who positively welcomed my feedback on her output.
Her version of "Once more unto the breach..." paraphrased in the style of Bukowski got her an A, even though they were really asking for an analysis of the original text, because (as the lecturer said) it illustrated a deep understanding of both writers. Remains one of the bluest and entertaining bits of prose I've ever read.
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My wife is great in the ideas department, but her mechanics were dreadful. For example, my favorite of her essays was entitled "Horror Fiction: The Most Useful Art Form". It had the thesis that horror fiction was the most valuable form of literature, because it taught the reader survival skills for unusual situations. She got an A, despite the fact that the professor hated genre fiction of all kinds, and horror fiction in particular.
I typed most of her undergraduate papers, and all of them for her master's. At least 0.5 of her GPA is attributable to my editing.
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Yes, although her favorite authors are Stephen King and H. P. Lovecraft.
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I missed the Stats bit on my Degree and avoided the catch up lectures as I was too bothered I didn't understand Fourier stuff well enough. That being said I did meet the principle at GCSE! Too much of Maths is badly taught so the chances are the Person knew the princple but not the way it was asked, it's Friday afternoon after all!
Glenn
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I did Pure and Applied maths A-Levels 23 years ago.
No standard deviations mentioned...
I did an extra Stats course in Uni to rectify that.
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