College --Undergrad Upper Division

  • A cartoon using a classic example for teaching the idea that correlation does not imply causation. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl and Deb Rumsey (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites.
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  • A cartoon for teaching about the interpretation of basic summary statistics. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites.
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  • A cartoon for teaching about the key caveats of correlation and regression. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites.
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  • When the weather predicts 30 percent chance of rain, rain is twice as likely as when 60 percent chance is predicted. A quote by American author Thomas Parry (1947 - ) found in "The Official Explanations" by Paul Dickson. The quote also appears in Statistically Speaking: A dictionary of quotations compiled by Carl Gaither and Alma Cavazos-Gaither.
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  • A theory can be proved by an experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory. A quote attributed to Physicist Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) in the July 18, 1976 issue of "The Sunday Times." The quote also appears in Statistically Speaking: A dictionary of quotations compiled by Carl Gaither and Alma Cavazos-Gaither.
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  • If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of 10 it will. A quote attributed to a 1979 broadcast of American radio commentator Paul Harvey (1918 - 2009). The quote also appears in "Statistically Speaking: A dictionary of quotations" compiled by Carl Gaither and Alma Cavazos-Gaither.
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  • The number of degrees of freedom is usually self-evident - except for the analysis of data that have not appeared in a textbook. A quote from M.I.T. professor of management David Durand (1912- 1996) Published in a letter to the editor of "The American Statistician" June, 1970 as part of a tongue-in-cheek "Dictionary for Statismagicians." The quote also appears in "Statistically Speaking: A dictionary of quotations" compiled by Carl Gaither and Alma Cavazos-Gaither.
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  • On his standard of proof, natural science would never progress, for without the making of theories I am convinced there would be no observation. A quote from a letter English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) wrote to Charles Lyell on June 1, 1860. The letter is found in "The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin" volume II p. 108 published in 1888. The quote also appears in "Statistically Speaking: A dictionary of quotations" compiled by Carl Gaither and Alma Cavazos-Gaither.
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  • A cartoon to teach the need for a good control group in research studies. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) in 2003 based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites. The cartoon's caption is similar to one by American cartoonist Peter S Mueller that depicts a control group and an "out of control" group that was produced independently a few years before this one.
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  • A cartoon to teach about using boxplots to summarize a distribution. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites.
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