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...

http://xkcd.com/1725/ This comic is another great example of allowing your student to demonstrate statistical comprehension by explaining why a comic is funny. What does the r^2 indicate? When would it be easy to guess the direction of the correlation?  More on that via this previous blog post .

Variations upon a theme...good for spicing up a powerpoint...inspired by living in the #1 snowiest city (population > 100K, 2014) in the United States. property of xkcd.com https://thenib.com/can-t-stand-the-heat-4d5650fd671b

Property of xkcd.com

At least it is in black and white? Property of xKcd.com

Property of xkcd.com Teach your students about box plots, outliers, and how rational persuasion only works with rational matters.

Gone fishing... property of xkcd.com