Gleaned from multiple sources (FB, Pinterest, Twitter, none of these belong to me, etc.). Remember, if your students can explain why a stats funny is funny, they are demonstrating statistical knowledge. I like to ask students to explain the humor in such examples for extra credit points (see below for an example from my FA14 final exam). Using xkcd.com for bonus points/assessing if students understand that correlation =/= causation What are the numerical thresholds for probability?  How does this refer to alpha? What type of error is being described, Type I or Type II? What measure of central tendency is being described? Dilbert: http://search.dilbert.com/comic/Kill%20Anyone Sampling, CLT http://foulmouthedbaker.com/2013/10/03/graphs-belong-on-cakes/ Because control vs. sample, standard deviations, normal curves. Also,"skewed" pun. If you go to the original website , the story behind this cakes has to do w...

Do you follow  Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal  on  Facebook  or  Twitter ? Zach Weinersmith's hilarious web comic series frequently touches upon science, research methods, data collection, and statistics. Here are some such comics. Good for spiffing up a power point, spiffing up an office door (the first comic adorns mine) or ( per this post ) testing understanding of statistical concepts. http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2080...also a good example of the availability bias! http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3129 http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3435 http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=1744 http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2980 http://smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=4084 http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-08-05 https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=4127 http://smbc-comics.com/comic/false-positives https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/relax