➠ March 12, 2009
BBC NEWS | How to understand risk in 13 clicks
Handy explanation of one of the most common statistical tricks.
➠ October 15, 2008
How Nate Silver Went From Forecasting Baseball Games to Forecasting Elections
Great profile in New York Magazine of Nate Silver and the sterling work he’s been doing at fivethirtyeight.com. Got to love anyone who can make a living from a combination of baseball, politics and obsessive number-crunching.
➠ July 19, 2008
A Detailed Explanation Of How The BSA Misleads With Piracy Stats
Ah, the “ripple effect”. Inflating statistics since time immemorial. (The first comment is ace, too!)
➠ January 27, 2008
Booksthatmakeyoudumb
Comparing SAT scores with colleges’ most popular books according to Facebook. Guess where the Bible ends up on that scale…
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