Christmas quiz answers

by | Jan 28, 2019 | Latest News

Just in case anyone attempted the Royal Statistical Society Christmas quiz that I included in an earlier post, the solutions are now available here. I managed to match my personal all-time record of zero. Funny though, looking at the solutions, how obvious everything should have been. Bit like looking at last weekend’s results and spotting all the obvious bets!

Stuart Coles

Stuart Coles

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I joined Smartodds in 2004, having previously been a lecturer of Statistics in universities in the UK and Italy. A famous quote about statistics is that “Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures”. In writing this blog I’m hoping to provide evidence that this is wrong.