This morning I received Ritsuko's letter asking me about Data Handling Assignment. Ritsuko is my classmate in Nottingham. She has already got a PhD degree in Japan.
I was caught by her questions. I must say it is my luck that I was not asked in a conversation but through e-mail. Or I will not know how to organise my words. Her questions are very fundamental but require a lot of theory knowledge about statistics. Besides, I used the methods required in the description of the assignment but thought too little about why I use them. Trying to answer her questions made me think more about the underlying assumptions and implications of statistics.
My way of thinking, compared to hers, seems to lack system features. When have a problem, she would first find the model, then the method and limitations. My approach would be trying a best possible solution and see what happens. My approach should be faster and more adaptive in most cases. However, it is why my solutions are rarely the perfect one. I think it would be better if I can use a more systematic thinking before I begin to tackle the problem.
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