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Modal religions by county in the U.S.

An interactive that gets your students thinking about medians, percentiles, and their own sleeping habits.

Uncrustables consumption rate by NFL teams 1) do not vary by league, 2) do not correlate with 2023 wins

Subways! Murder! Absolute vs. relative risk!

Turn your data into a GIF with Google

Paris Olympics 2024: I'm here for the dank memes

Whataburger Index: Operationalizing power outages in hurricane ravaged Texas.

Predictions are only as good as the regularity of the event

Statistical thinking: What data would you need to collect to disprove the predictive power of astrological signs?

Not a particularly statsy example, but still delightful.

Caffeine, calories, correlation

Law of large numbers, via M&Ms and a GIF.

How the USAF collect hurricane data with big, big airplanes.

My other favorite stats newsletter: The Washington Post's How to Read This Chart

If you like this blog, you will love my new podcast...

One of my favorite stats mailing lists: Chartr

Citizen Scientists, Unite! The Merlin App, Machine Learning, and Bird Calls

Deer related insurance claims from State Farm

Using pulse rates to determine the scariest of scary movies