Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Games of the Price is Right: The Wheel (Part III)

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The last few times I've discussed The Wheel on The Price is Right I've talked about some of the odds that you face as the first or s...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The Monty Hall Problem OR the Omniscient Lawful Neutral Companion Problem

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Today we're going to talk about a classic game show that isn't The Price is Right.  That show is Let's Make a Deal. Let's ...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Amazon, Tax Structure Misconceptions, and Giant Candy

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How many of you have ever eaten a five pound Hershey Bar? How many of you have ever eaten 3,131 five pound Hershey Bars?   Don...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

CNN, statistical-minded proofreading, and percentages of percentages of percentages (of percentages)

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This week's post should be a quick one - it has to do the media.  The poor, poor media. Don't worry, business cat will make sen...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Facebook statistics and a mid-season clip-show OR Obligatory self-promotional ramblings

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Given that we just passed the point that I've been doing this weekly for seven months, I thought this was as good a time as any to look ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The Madness of March

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Love it or hate it, March Madness is here.  Whether you've filled out a bracket (or five), or have no intention of ever bracketing anyth...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Melodifestivalen: Swedish singing competitions and those silly Brits

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I'm suspecting that only a small fraction of my readers happen to be up on the most recent developments in Swedish-based musical competi...