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Episode 2 - 'Stats Stats Stats!' - statistics conceal as much as they reveal… or do they?
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On this episode: statistics conceal as much as they reveal… or do they?
Diversions/Explorations include:
· Why is Aaron obsessed with how many people are smiling in his compound?
· What do the other 20% of dentists think about Colgate?
· Why are medians and means confusing?
· Speaking of confusion, John confuses everyone about P values
· John and Aaron both sign up to eat cheeseburgers every 5 minutes for 50 years.
· An actual poignant examination of the serious subject of statistics and cancer survival rates.
· John and Aaron both learn that statistics matter.
Get in touch: info@tbdpodcast.org
Sources you might like:
The Median Isn't the Message:
Planet Money’s Modal American:
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/28/755191639/episode-936-the-modal-american
By the numbers - the average Australian doesn't exist ... not a single one of us is 'normal':
Colgate:
https://marketinglaw.osborneclarke.com/retailing/colgates-80-of-dentists-recommend-claim-under-fire/
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