Statistics

Ipsos MORI, primarily a marketing research group I think, released results of their…

Jeff Leek touches on concerns about point-and-click software to find the insights in…

As a way to bring context to the rarity of the 18-inning baseball…

In a nutshell, the traveling salesman problem is as follows: “Given a list…

We know that movies have changed over the decades. We’ve seen it in…

Recurring TED talker Hans Rosling returns with his son and Gapminder Foundation co-founder…

As a demonstration of efforts in estimating happiness from language, Hedonometer charts emotion…

Most people probably wouldn’t think much about this poster that shows the values…

It’s an absolute myth that you can send an algorithm over raw data…

Crisis Text Line is a service that troubled teens can use to find…

Scott Harrison, the founder and CEO of charity: water, describes how the organization…

Daniel Colman won $15.3 million in the The Big One for One Drop…

By way of David Kennerr, something in this CNN frame seems off.…

Adding on to their series of graphics to explain statistical concepts, Victor Powell…

A group of researchers from MIT, Microsoft Research, and Adobe Research are experimenting…

Statistics has an image problem. To the general public, it’s old, out of…

All Things Considered on NPR ran a fine series on how we interpret…

One of the most annoying parts of downloading data from large portals is…

If you’ve played around with R enough, there comes a time when you…

NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health…