Statistics

More than mean, median, and mode.

IKEA complexity index

Data Sources / complexity, furniture, Greg Technology, IKEA

Speaking of IKEA, the IKEA complexity index by Greg Technology is a catalog…
Flock wanted to tap dashcams in rideshare vechicles to add to surveillance data

Data Sharing / 404 Media, Flock, privacy, rideshare

To augment its network of license plate readers, surveillance company Flock drew up…
Vehicles with the highest and lowest death rates

Statistics / death, fatal crashes, HLDI, IIHS, vehicles

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been estimating death rates by vehicle…
Lawn mowing game as traveling salesman problem in disguise

Statistics / game, Pudding, traveling salesman

The Pudding made a game that challenged players to figure out the best…
Timeline of the future

Statistics / future, Manifold, prediction market

As anyone who has watched a time travel movie or is Natasha Bedingfield…
Botched map of Africa in U.S. government presentation

Mistaken Data / generative, presentation, Reuters

In a presentation by the State Department, a generated map provides all the…
Google makes it easy to generate fake satellite imagery

Mistaken Data / ethics, generative, Google, Nano Banana, satellite imagery

Google’s image generation model Nano Banana is now a few clicks away in…
Administration orders for less detailed census data

Statistics / census, noise, NPR, sampling, uncertainty

The administration ordered a ban on methods that allow statistical agencies to publish…
Rise in remote work a factor in young worker unemployment

Statistics / remote, unemployment, work, young

Higher unemployment among young workers has been commonly attributed to generative AI. In…
Names from Census data

Data Sources / Census Bureau, names

The U.S. Census Bureau released a names dataset for first names and surnames.…
Field guide for federal data

Data Sharing / field guide, government

Denice W. Ross and Christopher Steven Marcum, from the University of California at…
State healthcare sites sending data to tech companies

Data Sharing / Bloomberg, government, privacy

For Bloomberg, Tanaz Meghjani, Dhruv Mehrotra, and Surya Mattu report sharing of private…
Masterclass in misleading charts

Mistaken Data / climate change, Hank Green, misleading

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Hank Green dissects a video that argues against climate change.…
Continuing the cherry blossom data alive

Statistics / cherry blossom, climate, Yasuyuki Aono

Japanese officials and researchers have been carefully documenting when cherry blossoms bloom in…
National park visitation and outdoor recreation data

Data Sources / Kyle Frost, outdoors, park

The National Park Service and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes data…
Pressure, a high-stakes movie about weather forecasting and uncertainty

Statistics / forecasting, movie, uncertainty

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It appears there is an upcoming film, Pressure, whose meteorologist…
Tracking gas prices worldwide

Data Sources / gas, prices

GlobalPetrolPrices tracks prices around the world for 150 countries, in case you’re wondering…
Threats from prediction market gamblers

Statistics / crowds, Polymarket, prediction market, threats

Emanuel Fabian, a military correspondent for the Times of Israel, received death threats…
Subbed data source, lower inflation estimate

Statistics / Bureau of Economic Analysis, economy, inflation, New York Times

For the New York Times, Ben Casselman reports on a previously undisclosed change…
Outdated data used in U.S. strike on elementary school in Iran

Mistaken Data / Iran, New York Times, school

School children were killed in the poorly informed attack. The New York Times…

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