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Normal vs. Paranormal Distribution

on May 27, 2013

distributions humor

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Stats in the News: Bloomberg Data Privacy Breach

on May 20, 2013

news why statistics have a bad reputation

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xkcd's "Convincing"

on May 13, 2013

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