Wikipedia has been in the news a lot recently, and the ‘fifth column‘ in the Guardian had another story today, this time about political staff changing the entries for their bosses. Two statistics in there really made me stop and think. I don’t know where they came from, or whether they are correct. If they […]
Entries Tagged as 'Statistics'
How many web sites do you need?
February 10th, 2006 · Comments Off on How many web sites do you need? · Technology
Tags: Internet·Statistics
The pink pound
January 24th, 2006 · Comments Off on The pink pound · Life
If it is in the Guardian it must be true. Or must it? Unlikely as it might seem, gay men and women apparently earn £10,000 more than straight men and women. It does not fit in with most gays and lesbians I know. A lot have had more disposable income through having double-income households and […]
Only 97%??
January 4th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life
This story about global warming contains a shocking statistic in the last paragraph: An estimated 97% of UK households own kettles, which account for almost a third of the electricity used by cooking appliances. So that means that 3% or households do not own a kettle! How many people is that? A million? One-and-a-half million?
Tags: Statistics·WTF
Abortion and crime
October 1st, 2005 · Comments Off on Abortion and crime · Life
There was a story in today’s paper, which Elephunt has already commented on, that really grabbed my attention. At least the headline did, but then it turned out to be a bit of a non-story. Apparently someone called William Bennet, who used to be in the Reagan administration but now has a radio show, said […]
Tags: Books·Crime/ASB·Maths·Quotes·Statistics
Encouraging statistic
September 17th, 2005 · Comments Off on Encouraging statistic · Life
According to the sports section of the paper today, no team which has gained 7 or more points from their first 4 games has ever been relegated from the premier league. West Ham had 7 points from their first 4 games. Mind you, they always used to say that 44 points was enough to stay […]
I love statistics
September 13th, 2005 · Comments Off on I love statistics · Life, Technology
Sometimes statistics bring out the inner nerd in me. I can spend hours on Football365 looking at the various ways they slice the data to present Crawley Town’s position in the Conference league, let alone the Hammers’ Premiership performances. Some of my happiest times at work have been when I was faced with masses of […]
Tags: Football·Internet·Maths·Statistics
Stephen Jay Gould
August 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Stephen Jay Gould · Life
I really do need to thank Tom Hamilton for this post which contains a link to this essay by Stephen Jay Gould I know its a bit of a nerdish thing to admit, but I’ve been a fan of Gould’s for a long time, and half a dozen of his collections of essays have pride […]
Tags: Books·Evolution·Heroes·Maths·Medicine/Health·Statistics
