Eric’s Enlightenment for Wednesday, April 29, 2015
April 29, 2015 Leave a comment
- Anscombe’s quartet is a collection of 4 data sets that have almost identical summary statistics but appear very differently when plotted. They illustrate the importance of visualizing your data first before plugging them into a statistical model.
- A potential geochemical explanation for the existence of Blood Falls, an outflow of saltwater tainted with iron (III) oxide at the snout of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica. Here is the original Nature paper by Jill Mikucki et al.
- Jonathan Rothwell and Siddharth Kulkarni from the Brookings Institution use a value-added approach to rank 2-year and 4-year post-secondary institutions in the USA. Some of the top-ranked universities by this measure are lesser known schools like Colgate University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and Carleton College. I would love to see something similar for Canada!
- Heather Krause from Datassist provides tips on how to avoid (accidentally) lying with your data. Do read the linked sources of further information!
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