The tail end of the spear

A lovely story of how some clever statisticians saved the lives of American P-40 Warhawk pilots in WWII. No math required at all. Brilliant.

Posted on August 18th, 2006 by pwyll
Filed under: science

One Response to “The tail end of the spear”

  1. Paco Malo, on August 19th, 2006 at 6:20 pm Said:

    Great story on the importance of systematic data collection and insightful analysis thereof.

    Though it did require some math, some of the men I studied under in graduate school helped developed the tests that were used in placing the right soldier in the right job during WWII. Again, an important contribution to the war effort.

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