Episode 2 - 'Stats Stats Stats!' - statistics conceal as much as they reveal… or do they?

On this episode: statistics conceal as much as they reveal… or do they?

Diversions/Explorations include:

·        Why is Aaron obsessed with how many people are smiling in his compound?

·        What do the other 20% of dentists think about Colgate?

·        Why are medians and means confusing?

·        Speaking of confusion, John confuses everyone about P values

·        John and Aaron both sign up to eat cheeseburgers every 5 minutes for 50 years.

·        An actual poignant examination of the serious subject of statistics and cancer survival rates.

·        John and Aaron both learn that statistics matter.

Get in touch: info@tbdpodcast.org

Sources you might like:

The Median Isn't the Message:

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-median-isn%27t-the-message.-Gould/c3cc80440cf7b15a2c069252ae287e58dfed8073

Planet Money’s Modal American:

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/28/755191639/episode-936-the-modal-american

By the numbers - the average Australian doesn't exist ... not a single one of us is 'normal':

https://www.smh.com.au/national/by-the-numbers--the-average-australian-doesnt-exist--not-a-single-one-of-us-is-normal-20150124-12xlh0.html

Colgate:

https://marketinglaw.osborneclarke.com/retailing/colgates-80-of-dentists-recommend-claim-under-fire/