The thing about my way of teaching stats is that my cool, novel examples get old really fast. Like, pop culture is on a thirty-day cycle. Anyway, YEARS ago, 2014 to be exact, I blogged about illustrating bimodal data distributions using baby name data from the Social Security Administration. Specifically, when an older name comes back into vogue, it has a bimodal distribution when you plot time on the X axis. I stand by this example. However, all of the data illustrations come from 2014. When our traditionally aged college students were 6 or 7. Which makes this example feel a little stale. However, here is some data, courtesy of Redditor fevaah , showing old names that are back in vogue through 2025 ! And Eleanor, Violet, Nora, and Hazel are here, illustrating bimodal distributions for a new generation. If you used my old baby-name data, this is a quick, easy refresh for your lectures (or a fun new addition if you didn't). If this idea was help...
As I write this blog post, Francis Haugen testifies on Capitol Hill and sheds light on some of Facebook's shady practices. TL;DR- Facebook realizes that its practices are support terrorism. This led to a public relations blitz from Facebook, including Monika Bickert, who appeared on CNN . Of particular relevance is repeated reference made to an Instagram survey of 40 teens ( here is the documentation I was able to find ). I saw this tweet from Asha Rangappa Reaction about one of those interviews: https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1445487820580081674 LOL I had to listen to this twice to make sure I didn’t mishear: This @Facebook exec repeatedly refers to a “survey” of FORTY teen Insta users— as in 4-0 — to support her assertion that the “majority” of teens have a great experience on the platform. For real. Listen to it https://t.co/Ye7ocWcnzG — Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) October 5, 2021 This example packs a lot of punch. It is a good one for the youths because it is ...