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History of Data Science's Regression Game

 There are already some pretty cool games for guessing linear relationships/regression lines. Dr. Hill's Eyeball Regression Game . The old, reliable Guess the Correlation game. However, I found a new one that has a particularly gorgeous interface, and a few extra features to help your learners. History of Data Science created the Regression game . It provides the player with a scatter plot, then the player needs to guess the y-intercept and slope. See that regression line? It is generated and changes as the entered a and b values change, which is a good learning tool. If played at the "easy-peasy" level, the player can even change those numbers multiple times over the course of 30 seconds, and watch as the corresponding line changes.  I think this game is a nice way to break up the ol' regression lecture and allows students to see the relationship between the scatter plot and the regression line.

Stats nerd gift list

This isn't a post full of teaching resources. Instead, it is a post of gifts and treats for stats nerds. Who might also teach stats, this still falls under the purview of this blog. Bonus points because many of these suggestions put money into creators' pockets. Statsy Etsy Shops NausicaaDistribution Etsy shop NausicaaDistribution is a great shop on Etsy . I own multiple products, including the ABC's of Statistics Poster shown below. It is beautiful and framed in my office.  The Chemist Tree Etsy shop Another Etsy maker I like is  TheChemistTree.  I have a set of the coasters, and they've held up well.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheChemistTree?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=501955501&search_query=statistics Chelsea Parlett Design Etsy Shop Stats expert Chelsea shares her stats knowledge on Twitter and on Etsy , via her stickers.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChelseaParlettDesign DataSwagCo is a newer shop with some funny, punny stats goods. https:/...

Dirty Data: Share the data in a way that is functionally inaccessible

In my intro stats class, we discuss shady data practices that aren't lying because they report actual numbers. But they are still shady because good data is presented in such a way as to be misleading or confusing. These topics include: Truncating the y-axis   Collecting measures of central tendency under ideal circumstances Manipulate online ratings (I didn't write the blog post about this yet, but it is coming). Relative vs. Absolute Risk AND HERE IS ANOTHER ONE: Insurance companies were asked to provide price data  RE: the Transparency in Coverage Rule in the Consolidatedated Appropriations Act of 2021. Google that if you want to know more about that, I'm not going into that. Not my lane. That said, it is an appealing idea. Let's have some transparency in our jacked-up healthcare system. And the insurance companies provided the data, but in a way inaccessible to most people. Like, all people, maybe? Because they just splurted out 100 TB of data. So, they totally com...