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AI vs. Undergraduate Statistics Students

I submitted some of my undergraduate class assignments to Gemini. How did it do?

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teaching statisticsSharon LohrMarch 8, 2026
Interpreting the 2024 National Violent Crime Statistics

What are the trends in the 2024 national crime statistics?

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crime statisticsSharon LohrDecember 30, 2025crime
SLOP: Word of the Year

The editors of Merriam Webster chose “slop” as their word of the year. How does their definition relate to surveys?

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sample surveys, artificial intelligenceSharon LohrDecember 22, 2025polls
Vital Statistics During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Inaccurate death statistics in 1918 hindered responses to the pandemic. How have death statistics changed since then, and how might they be further improved?

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healthSharon LohrNovember 30, 2025vital statistics
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Statistical Evidence

The 1918 influenza epidemic spurred research in statistical methodology for clinical trials. But is there currently backsliding to a reliance on anecdotal evidence?

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healthSharon LohrSeptember 24, 2025
What is Your Inflation Rate?

The official annual inflation rate as of July 2025 is 2.7%, but the prices of goods and services I purchased in July 2024 rose by 5.3%. Why the difference?

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improving lifeSharon LohrAugust 25, 2025economic statistics
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