Go follow Statsystem ( Facebook , Instagram ). They are a smarty pants who dreams and thinks in stats memes. I know these are silly and hilarious and fun. I think these are good for a nerd chuckle for ourselves. And who doesn't need more nerd chuckles? I also think these are light, funny, accessible ways to back up a more complex stats lesson with a succinct meme that conveys the guts of a lesson.  See: Power Regression: Central Limit Theorem: T-tests: And don't forget the big picture:

So, I love me some good statsy memes. They make a brief, important point that sticks in the heads of students. I've recently learned of the Logical Fallacy Ref meme. Here are a couple that apply to stats class:

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...

Hackathorn, Ashdown, & Rife just shared some great resources for using humor to teach statistics.  In their own words, " This resource consists of a 21-page word document that reviews literature on the use of humor in teaching, describes an instrument for assessing the use of classroom humor, and offers tips on using two additional resource features specific to teaching statistics: (a) 42 visual jokes and cartoons, organized by 12 statistical topics, and (b) 12 slide presentations." You guys. It is a collection of hilarious jokes and memes to use when teaching. As well as some scholarly work about using humor to teach.  Here is a link that will download the .zip file to your computer. Here is a link to STP's Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology's Teaching Resources. Scroll on down to the Statistics, Research, and Teaching header to find this resource. A few samples of the cartoons they included:

For those who teach statistics, research methods, and psychology major advisers. Some of these have been posted before. Some of these have not. I created all of them except for the first one. Additionally, I created a bunch of Psychology Advising memes as I am currently editing the "Advising" portion of my rank and tenure application.

I take credit for none of these. A few have been posted here before. by Rayomond Biesinger, http://fifteen.ca/ Creator unknown, usually attributed to clipart? http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6018.cover-expansion https://www.flickr.com/photos/lendingmemo/ https://lovestats.wordpress.com/2014/11/10/why-do-kids-and-you-need-to-learn-statistics-mrx/ http://memecollection.net/dmx-statistics/ 9/23/15 Psychometrics: Interval scale with proper anchors 2/9/16 4/19/16 4/28/16 "Symbols that math urgently needs to adopt" https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016/04/27/symbols-that-math-urgently-needs-to-adopt/ http://www.mrlovenstein.com/ http://www.smbc-comics.com/ 9/8/16 2/9/2107 https://hbr.org/2017/02/if-you-want-to-motivate-employees-stop-trusting-your-instincts https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/19/crisis-of-statistics-big-data-democracy?CMP=share_btn_tw 2/13/17 ...