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  • Statistical education software tool usage

    Statistical education software tool usage

    I think I found a significant error in one of the figures of a journal paper about statistical teaching software usage. What next?

    June 19, 2024
  • Staircase moving average mystery

    Staircase moving average mystery

    Why does this moving average trend line have a staircase pattern?

    May 26, 2024
  • Song titles appearing in lyrics

    Song titles appearing in lyrics

    Where does a song’s title appear within its lyrics, and does it depend on genre?

    March 24, 2024
  • Non-consecutive sudoku and roping

    Non-consecutive sudoku and roping

    I had to find out for myself: Yes, it is possible to have a non-consecutive constraint without roping in sudoku.

    February 29, 2024
  • Population Christmas tree

    Population Christmas tree

    Why does the population pyramid for Manchester look like a Christmas tree?

    February 24, 2024
  • US County Multi-points

    US County Multi-points

    One visual map diagnostic is to plot the coordinates of the points in the polygons and color by the number of occurrences of that point. Two adjacent polygons should share exactly the same coordinates along the shared edges, so interior points should have at least two occurrences.

    February 10, 2024
  • Do look away for insights

    Do look away for insights

    A small study on the usefulness of breaking a smooth fitted curve plus an interesting side discovery.

    May 29, 2023
  • Unmixing Bob Ross

    Unmixing Bob Ross

    Lightweight exploration of Bob Ross paint colors for a data visualization challenge, including my own happy accident.

    February 25, 2023
  • Exploring Radio Paradise playlist data

    Exploring Radio Paradise playlist data

    I finally have an application for all the Radio Paradise playlist data I’ve been collecting for year: detecting their 2022 format refresh.

    January 21, 2023
  • Disaggregating Google Trends data

    Disaggregating Google Trends data

    Going from monthly to daily trends data to question the claim of a “move to Canada” spike after the 2020 Biden election.

    January 8, 2023
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by Xan Gregg

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