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Yule Log(arithm) Alternative (Hypothesis) Presentations

on November 27, 2018

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NBC News' "This algorithm helps catch serial killers"

on November 25, 2018

cluster analysis criminal justice serial killer video

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Explaining chi-square is easier when your observed data equals 100 (here, the US Senate)

on November 18, 2018

chi-square congress goodness of fit politics test of independence

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A lesson in lying with statistics, as taught by Chrissy Teigen.

on November 02, 2018

Chrissy Teigen Google graphs and charts humor

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Free beer (data)!

on October 23, 2018

applied statistics beer economics environment mTurk NPR Open Science

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The Waffle House Index, a great example for creative measurement methods.

on October 18, 2018

correlation operationalized variables Waffle House

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The Knot's Real Wedding Study 2017

on October 13, 2018

mean sample sampling error shady TheKnot wedding why statistics have a bad reputation

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Two great websites that generate data sets for teaching.

on October 07, 2018

ANOVA chi-square correlation data set regression t-test

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Great Tweets about Statistics

on October 03, 2018

ANOVA correlation distributions humor interactions p-value placebo populations RA Fisher randomized clinical trial response scale sample sampling error scatter plots x-axis y-axis

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