The Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900 featured more than 80,000 exhibits highlighting progress of the previous century and anticipating the wonders of the next. How did W.E.B. Du Bois attract crowds to his exhibit on statistics about African Americans and win a gold medal?
Read MoreOperas feature princes and princesses, priests and priestesses, artists, courtesans, and even a mechanical doll. Few statisticians are listed among the dramatis personae. Here’s my list of five opera characters who might have opted for a quantitative career (and might have been happier for it).
Read MoreAccording to the survey, violent crime stayed about the same in 2017. But be careful when interpreting the 2016 statistics …
Read MoreA 17% increase sounds huge. But what do the FBI hate crime statistics actually measure?
Read MoreSexual assault statistics were featured in news reports this week about an alleged sexual assault from the 1980s. Some stories said that 22 percent of sexual assault victims report the crime to the police. Other stories said the percentage is 33 percent. Where do these statistics come from?
Read More“Nearly 240 schools (0.2 percent of all schools) reported at least 1 incident involving a school-related shooting,” according to the U.S. Department of Education. How is that statistic affected by data collection errors?
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