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Olé, Olé, Olé
So, everyone agrees that Ole Solskjær has been a breath of fresh air at Man United and is largely responsible for their remarkable turn...
Heads dropping
Here's a fun probability problem. If you're clever at probability, you might be able to solve it exactly; otherwise it's easy to simulate....
Calling BS
You have to be wary of newspaper articles published on 1 April, but I think this one is genuine. The Guardian on Monday contained a report...
Needles, noodles and 𝜋
A while back, on Pi Day, I sent a post celebrating the number 𝜋 and mentioned that though 𝜋 is best known for its properties in connection...
Britain’s Favourite Crisps
As I've mentioned before, my aim in this blog is to raise awareness and understanding of statistical concepts and procedures,...
The Datasaurus Dataset
Look at the data in this table. There are 2 rows of data labelled g1 and g2. I won't, for the moment, tell you where the data come from, except...
Altered images
In a recent post I described the following problem which I encountered while sitting in a dentist waiting room: Images are randomly selected...
Happy International Day of Happiness
Did you know March 20th is the International Day of Happiness? Did you even know there was an International Day of Happiness? Anyway, just in...
It’s not your fault (maybe)
Most of you who came through the UK school system will have taken GCSE's at the end of your secondary school education. But did that...
The numbers game
If you're reading this post, you're likely to be aware already of the importance of Statistics and data for various aspects of sport in general and...
Happy Pi day
Oops, I almost missed the chance to wish you a happy Pi day. So, almost belatedly: Happy Pi day!!! You probably know that Pi - or more...