Torture Numbers and They’ll Confess to Anything
There is something incredibly comforting about looking at some data and thinking “ok, these numbers are illustrating to me the truth of this uncertain and dangerous world in which I live”.
Tagged: data
Mini-Troughput: The Triple Lindy Stats Flop
That was the sound of every epidemiologist, economist, mathematician, scientist,s and every virologist simultaneously face-palming and crashing to the ground in a dead faint.
Linky Friday: Lies, Damn Lies, and Interactive Statistics
Interactive and animated data graphics are all the rage; lets play wi..er, that is, let us learn about various topics with this exciting medium.
Preach It, Brother Nate!
Statistics wizard Nate Silver talks about the re-launch of FiveThirtyEight on ESPN, political punditry, and burritos.
