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Statistical Jokes (41): Pie Chart

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

More pie charts. More statistical jokes.

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Statistical Jokes (40): Analyst v Normal Person

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

(source) Other peculiar behavior by statisticians is described here. More statistical jokes are here.

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Statistical Jokes (39): Correlation Doesn’t Imply Causation

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

(source) (source) More correlation-causation jokes here, here, here, here, here and here. More on homicide rates here. More statistical jokes here.

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Statistical Jokes (38): Percentages of Percentages

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

(source) I don’t want to insult anyone’s intelligence, but in case you don’t immediately get the joke: is Mr. Grayton’s level of support currently 1% (20-19)? Or 16,2% (81% of 20%, a reduction of 19%)? More statistical jokes here.

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Statistical Jokes (37): Significant Digits

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

(source) But please, have some sympathy for the statistician. He’s not really a nihilist and he does care about people dying. All he wants is that the nihil regains its place at the right side of estimated numbers. More on … Continue reading →

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