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Data Journalism – a new career
Data journalism is an emerging and promising field – but only for those who can get over their math phobia and learn to love the numbers! Continue reading
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Tagged Data analysis, datajournalism, Gapminder, Journalism, Social sciences, Statistics
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A statistician cracks the lottery – but it’s not worth plundering
A man who wasn’t even interested in the lottery found a way to crack the code – why didn’t he choose to get rich plundering it? Continue reading
Posted in Consumer, News, Social issues, Statistics
Tagged Gambling, Lottery, Statistics
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Numeracy Humor
Talking back to the radio and groaning at news stories are occupational hazards for people who teach research methods and statistics. The worst errors – and we hear them everyday – report something as a finding when the description of … Continue reading
