Anecdotes about Data http://blog.lib.umn.edu/westx045/data/ en-us Copyright 2008 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:15:31 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.33.uthink http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fewer news reports about mythical holiday-suicide link From Holiday-Suicide Link: Newspapers Turn the Corner:

"Newspapers are close to putting to rest the myth that the holidays increase the risk of suicide. A new study shows a dramatic drop in articles that – despite having no basis in fact – attribute the arrival of the holiday season with an uptick in suicides."

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/westx045/data/2007/11/fewer_news_reports_about_mythi.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/westx045/data/2007/11/fewer_news_reports_about_mythi.html Statistical Literacy Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:15:31 -0600 Peter Donnelly: How juries are fooled by statistics

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/westx045/data/2007/11/_peter_donnelly_how_juries_are.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/westx045/data/2007/11/_peter_donnelly_how_juries_are.html Statistical Literacy Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:25:44 -0600