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Statsplanations from Sketchplanations

Two of my very favorite statistics comic sources are  Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal and XKCD.    I have been following them for years, but more recently, I came across Jono Hey's Sketchplanations . These aren't ha-ha comics as much as they are concise explanations of complex concepts. And some of those explanations involve statistics and would look lovely in your class lectures. This is perfect for those of us who teach JASP and try to explain the dangers of misspelling words used as nominal variables.  Also, he has a few that provide images to go with some of our favorite data quotes: Here are full entries under the comic's  statistics  and  data  tags.

Naro's "Why can't anyone replicate the scientific studies from those eye-grabbing headlines?"

Maki Naro created a terrific comic strip detailing the replication, where it came from, where we are, and possible solutions.  You can use it in class to introduce the crisis and solutions. I particularly enjoy the overall tone: Hope is not lost. This is a time of change in statistics and methodology that will ultimately make science better. A few highlights: *History of science, including the very first research journal (and why the pressure to get published has lead to bad science) *Illustration of some statsy ways to bend the truth in science  *References big moments in the Replication Crisis  *Discusses the crisis AND solutions (PLOS, SIPS, COS)