John Wilkes Booth and his followers planned to kidnap President Lincoln, but it escalated into a murder plot. Booth assassinated Lincoln, but failed to kill Vice President Johnson and Secretary of State Seward. Booth was later killed, and conspirators were hanged or imprisoned. Dr. Samuel Mudd’s involvement was contested, and he was sentenced to life […]
A Bland-Altman plot is a graph used to compare results of experiments in chemistry and medical diagnostics. It compares two measurement techniques by plotting their differences against the mean. It helps researchers determine if the correlation between two methods means the results are the same. Peripheral graphs can also evaluate consistency. Results within plus or […]
A box plot is a way of organizing numerical data on a single number line, with a box representing the first and third quartiles and whiskers extending to the minimum and maximum values. The five numbers summary and interquartile range are important in creating box plots, which can be used to compare data sets. Box […]
A plot hole is an illogical element in a story that can be caused by a lack of character action or sudden appearance of an unestablished element. It can be caused by a writer wanting a scene to work a certain way without logical reasoning. Common types include characters having knowledge they shouldn’t or lacking […]
A twist is a sudden change in a story that surprises and engages the audience, often through a twisted ending. It reintroduces surprise into a familiar plot, with skilled writers using foreshadowing. A good ending should be surprising and inevitable, with twists taking various forms such as revelations, reversals, and changes in fortune. All twists […]
