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The Electoral Triumph of “Did Not Vote”
An exploration of non-falsifiable hypotheses, and other things
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Happy Birthday Florence Nightingale, Unexpected Queen of Infographics
The famed nurse was also an early practitioner of marshaling statistics to advance social causes.
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‘But It’s Tradition!’ Is No Reason To Ban Tie Games In MLB
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is trying to shorten the length of baseball games. He ushered in an (asinine) new intentional walk rule this season, and the minor leagues are testing an absurd rule that places a runner on second base to start every extra inning. Now, ESPN lead baseball announcer Jon Sciambi and New York Post baseball columnist Joel Sherman have another proposal for the commish: That games tied after the 12th inning should end that way. Many people think there will be backlash against the idea, but ties happened all the time during baseball’s glorious early days.
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Bayes' Theorem: the maths tool we probably use every day, but what is it?
The decisions we make in life often come down to Bayes' Theorem, but most of us don't even realise what it is. So how does it work?
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In 11 Years, More Than 250 People Have Died While Being Restrained By Texas Police
Many have expressed concern and outrage over the way police treat citizens, especially African-Americans and other minorities. The Black Lives Matter movement began in response to the deaths of African-Americans in police custody, including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and the arrest of Sandra Bland, who was later found dead in a Waller County jail, an apparent suicide.
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Paradoxes of probability and other statistical strangeness
Sometimes statistics and probability can produce unexpected or counter-intuitive results. If we're hoping to use numbers to make good decisions, we should be wary of the traps.
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What is orthogonality?
The flexibility and usefulness of an API relate directly to its orthogonality. But what does “orthogonal” mean? It’s a term that’s tossed around a lot in programming, with v…
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Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following
We dissected Trump’s most rabid reddit following. Here’s what we found.
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Traffic Fatalities in the U.S. Rose Once Again in 2016
Preliminary data from 2016 shows that the number of traffic fatalities in the U.S. are on an unfortunate upward trend, but why exactly is this happening?
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The Fallen of World War II
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The best stats you've ever seen
You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world."
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OECD Better Life Index
This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life. Compare it with 361 other OECD regions.
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OECD Health Statistics 2016.
OECD Health Statistics 2016 is the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries. All datasets have been updated in October 2016.
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Fatal Car Accidents Up 10% Over Last Year
When compared to the first six months of last year, the number of fatal car accidents in 2016 has spiked by over 10 percent.
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Game Theory: The Science of Decision-Making
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How reliable are bar graphs?
They got the same results when they asked,"How reliable are bar graphs?"
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Something’s Odd About the Political Betting Markets
Brexit, Trump—the once-reliable prediction markets have misfired of late. Here’s why. By Andrew Gelman and David Rothschild. (July 12, 2016)
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A Male Surplus: Men outnumber women across Europe
Swedes do not quite know what to make of their sudden surplus of males. For the first time since records began back in 1749, the country now has more men than women. This is highly unusual in the West, where women historically have been in the majority in almost every country. But it may be a sign of things to come in Europe, as changes in life expectancy and migration transform demographics.
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Is It Irrational to Play the Lottery?
Is buying a lottery ticket irrational? Is any gambling rational? What makes one bet fair while another is a sucker's bet?
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Heuristic: Making Sense of Statistics
Very few of us truly understand numbers. Some simply aren't good at math, others haven't had the best learning methods, and there are people without the appropriate information. Regardless, we have a moral imperative to learn how to make sense of quantitative information when it affects our lives in the way it does.
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