Peter H.M. Klaren

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What is required in parametric statistics: a normal distribution of the samples' means only, or of the original data as well?

Many statistical textbooks state that parametric significance tests require a normal distribution of the samples' data points. Norman and Streiner write: "It seems that most people who have taken...

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Is there any (published) evidence of tool use by European magpies (Pica pica)?

A six-year old asks me, and I only know of Caledonian crows making and using tools.

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