A joke for discussing the calculus prerequisite for an upper division probability course. The joke was written by Dennis Pearl and Larry Lesser in October 2022.
A joke for discussing the calculus prerequisite for an upper division probability course. The joke was written by Dennis Pearl and Larry Lesser in October 2022.
A song about the trimmed mean as a robust measure of distributional center. The lyric was written by Dennis Pearl from Penn State University in May 2023 and may be sung to the tune of the KitKat jingle - music by Michael A. Levin and lyric by Ken Shuldman used in the KitKat candy bar advertisements since 1986.
A cartoon for discussing time series plots. Here an instructor might ask if the graph shown is a possible function of time. The cartoon was created by American cartoonist Jon Carter in 2017.
A cartoon to initiate a discussion about cleaning data. The cartoon was created by American cartoonist Jon Carter.
A cartoon to be used in discussing forecasting. The cartoon was created by American cartoonist Jon Carter.
A humorous cartoon that might be usefult to discuss the meaning of "Expectations" in the graph shown and how best to display the information provided in the two graphs if the relationship between expectations and sales is paramount. The cartoon was created by American cartoonist Jon Carter.
A cartoon to help discuss both the value and limits of making predictions with large amounts of data. The cartoon was drawn by American cartoonist Jon Carter in 2015.
A cartoon to facilitate discussion of designing a useful data dashboard. The cartoon was drawn by American cartoonist Jon Carter in 2014.
A cartoon to aid in discussion of fog computin, which involves connections of citizen devices to connect to a cloud computing structure. The cartoon was drawn by American cartoonist Jon Carter in 2013.
A tattoo to introduce a unit on visualizations. One of the data visualizations is of a pie chart with percentages that add up to over 100% so a teacher might ask a class if they see any errors in the tattoos (as with most cartoons axes are not labelled so that can be another point of discussion). The cartoon was drawn by American cartoonist Jon Carter in 2014.