How to Lie with Statistics

Statistics is hard.  Let’s all go to the beach.
-Barbie
You know, I really enjoy being an information analyst.  Statistics has been a very rewarding career choice.  Over time I’ve learnt to swim through data like a fish dives through water.  In fact, remove me from statistics and I’d probably flap around gasping to breathe just like [...]

The Wisdom of Gummy Bears

A couple of weeks ago I reviewed James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of Crowds.  To briefly recap:
Under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably intelligent, and are often smarter than the smartest people in them.  Groups do not need to be dominated by exceptionally intelligent people in order to be smart.  Even if most of the people [...]

The Wisdom of Crowds

James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of Crowds turned the way I view the world completely on its head.  Concise, well thought out, and sharply written the premise behind The Wisdom of Crowds is this:
Under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably intelligent, and are often smarter than the smartest people in them.  Groups do not need to [...]