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Stats + Stories

Statistics need Stories to give them meaning. Stories need Statistics to give them credibility. Every Thursday John Bailer & Rosemary Pennington get together with a new, interesting guest to bring... Read more

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Jaguar Corridors, Koala Conservation And Reef Health | Stats + Stories Episode 54

Jaguar Corridors, Koala Conservation And Reef Health | Stats + Stories Episode 54

Kerrie Mengersen (@KerrieMengersen) is Distinguished Professor at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Q... Read more

2 Aug 2018

28mins

Ranked #2

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R R R R R ... Not Just For Pirates Anymore | Stats + Stories Episode 62

R R R R R ... Not Just For Pirates Anymore | Stats + Stories Episode 62

Hadley Wickham (@hadleywickham) is Chief Scientist at RStudio, a member of the R Foundation, and Adjunct Professor at St... Read more

2 Aug 2018

26mins

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Explaining Bayes Better | Stats + Stories Episode 65

Explaining Bayes Better | Stats + Stories Episode 65

For more information on the Explaining Bayes contest submit your entry at statsandstories.net/betterbayes and tweet @sta... Read more

6 Sep 2018

13mins

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Gridiron ... Touchdown ... Field Goal ... Traumatic Brain Injury | Stats + Stories Episode 39

Gridiron ... Touchdown ... Field Goal ... Traumatic Brain Injury | Stats + Stories Episode 39

Alan Schwarz (@alanschwarz) is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist best known for his reportage of public health issue... Read more

1 Aug 2018

32mins

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The History of Stats + Stories | Stats + Stories Episode 100

The History of Stats + Stories | Stats + Stories Episode 100

We have reached episode 100 of Stats + Stories and therefore we felt like it would be a good time to have John Bailer, R... Read more

13 Jun 2019

27mins

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Were The Cancer Clusters Real? Statistical Support For Public Policy | Stats + Stories Episode 48

Were The Cancer Clusters Real? Statistical Support For Public Policy | Stats + Stories Episode 48

David Banks is a statistician at Duke University. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institu... Read more

2 Aug 2018

27mins

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Making Statistics Reporting Impactful and Interesting | Stats + Stories Episode 87

Making Statistics Reporting Impactful and Interesting | Stats + Stories Episode 87

Liberty Vittert is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis and on leave from her ... Read more

14 Mar 2019

27mins

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The Stats Behind Your Medical Care | Stats + Stories Episode 121

The Stats Behind Your Medical Care | Stats + Stories Episode 121

Dr. Harrell received his PhD in Biostatistics from UNC in 1979. Since 2003 he has been Professor of Biostatistics, Vande... Read more

9 Jan 2020

30mins

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Coronavirus Visualizations | Stats + Stories Episode 132

Coronavirus Visualizations | Stats + Stories Episode 132

Amanda Makulec is the Senior Data Visualization Lead at Excella and holds a Masters of Public Health from the Boston Uni... Read more

26 Mar 2020

30mins

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Reevaluating P Values | Stats + Stories Episode 93

Reevaluating P Values | Stats + Stories Episode 93

We Apologize for Technical DifficultiesNicole Lazar is Professor of Statistics at the University of Georgia. After recei... Read more

25 Apr 2019

26mins

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Why Don't People Like My Graphs? | Stats + Stories Episode 43

Why Don't People Like My Graphs? | Stats + Stories Episode 43

Alberto Cairo @albertocairo is the Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at the University of Miami. He's also director of t... Read more

2 Aug 2018

29mins

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Communicating Statistics Effectively | Stats and Stories at JSM

Communicating Statistics Effectively | Stats and Stories at JSM

John Bailer is “the stats guy” and co-creator of Stats+Stories. He is also University Distinguished Professor and chair... Read more

8 Aug 2019

20mins

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Data is the New Punk | Stats + Stories Episode 118

Data is the New Punk | Stats + Stories Episode 118

Simon Rogers is an award-winning data journalist, writer and speaker. Author of ‘Facts are Sacred‘, published by Faber &... Read more

12 Dec 2019

28mins

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A Journalist Checks His Numbers | Stats + Stories Episode 40

A Journalist Checks His Numbers | Stats + Stories Episode 40

Alan Schwarz (@alanschwarz) is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist best known for his reportage of public health issue... Read more

2 Aug 2018

7mins

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How to Teach an Intro to Stats Class | Stats + Short Stories Episode 78

How to Teach an Intro to Stats Class | Stats + Short Stories Episode 78

Mark Hansen is a professor of journalism where he also serves as the Director of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Instit... Read more

10 Jan 2019

8mins

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Describing And Measuring An $18 Trillion Economy | Stats + Stories Episode 38

Describing And Measuring An $18 Trillion Economy | Stats + Stories Episode 38

Dr. Brian Moyer is director of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis . BEA, made up entirely of career civil servants, is... Read more

31 Jul 2018

26mins

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Bootstrapping an International Prize | Stats and Stories Episode 72

Bootstrapping an International Prize | Stats and Stories Episode 72

Brad Efron is Max H. Stein Professor of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Statistics at Stanford University, and ... Read more

4 Dec 2018

30mins

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Understanding Data in the Digital Age | Stats and Stories Episode 70

Understanding Data in the Digital Age | Stats and Stories Episode 70

Mark Hansen is a professor of journalism where he also serves as the Director of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Instit... Read more

15 Nov 2018

37mins

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Analyzing Art Through Text Mining | Stats + Stories Episode 79

Analyzing Art Through Text Mining | Stats + Stories Episode 79

Julia Silge is a data scientist at Stack Overflow, with a PhD in astrophysics and an abiding love for Jane Austen. She i... Read more

17 Jan 2019

28mins

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How Autocrats Use Statistics | Stats + Stories Episode 92

How Autocrats Use Statistics | Stats + Stories Episode 92

Arturas Rozenas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at New York University. He was a National Fellow... Read more

18 Apr 2019

25mins

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