Statistics

Stephen M. Stigler argues that data have a limited shelf life. The abstract:…

For The Atlantic, Ian Bogost on communicating complex ideas to an audience:
One…

A study found that a hospital program significantly reduced the number of hospitalizations…

FiveThirtyEight has been predicting NBA games for a few years now, based on…

Here in northern California, PG&E is shutting off power to thousands of households…

Philip Bump explains why the “impeach this” map is a bit dubious:
By…

For UnHerd, Tom Chivers, talks about David Spiegelhalter’s new book and why every…

The Generated Photos project is a work in progress to provide realistic AI-generated…

Tetris is a game with foundations in randomness. Pieces are distributed randomly to…

Reporting for The Washington Post, Drew Harwell describes the case of the fake…

Mark Rober, who is having a good run of science and engineering videos…

In regards to the press release that seemed to contradict the National Weather…

Hannah Fry, for The New Yorker, describes the puzzle of Statistics to analyze…

Salaries are higher in big cities, but it also cost to live more…

Emily Robinson recently took up Pokémon on Nintendo Switch:
I recently started playing…

In survey data, there is usually an open-ended category for “not applicable” or…

Football season is starting soon, which means many will participate in the age-old…

For Carto, Matt Forrest explains why you shouldn’t use ZIP codes for spatial…

Working from the Quick, Draw! dataset, Moniker dares people to not draw a…

Roger Peng provides a lesson on the roots of R and how it…