Stats + Stories
Episodes
Sifting Through Noisy Data To Find Stories | Stats + Stories Episode 33
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi) is the Data Editor of The Guardian US and a columnist at New York Magazine. As well as co-producing a four-part documentar...
Planning And Conducting The Decennial Census | Stats + Stories Episode 32
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John H. Thompson is the 24th Census Bureau Director. He will serve in this role until June 30, 2017. The Census Bureau prepares the 2020 Census and ov...
Getting The Sense Of Us From The Census | Stats + Stories Episode 31
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John H. Thompson is the 24th Census Bureau Director. The Census Bureau prepares the 2020 Census and over more than 100 other censuses and surveys, whi...
Do's And Don'ts Of Data Journalism | Stats + Stories Episode 30
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Flowers (@andrewflowers) is a freelance data journalist and a former quantitative editor at FiveThirtyEight.com . He writes about economics, tr...
So A 70-30 Support Split Is Not A Sure Thing? | Stats + Stories Episode 29
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Flowers (@andrewflowers) is a freelance data journalist and a former quantitative editor at FiveThirtyEight.com . He writes about economics, tr...
Tracking The Spread Of Fake News Across Networks | Stats + Stories Episode 28
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Menczer is a professor of informatics and computer science at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is an ACM Distinguished Scientist and a Seni...
I'D Give That Study 4 Stars: Considering The Quality Of Research | Stats + Stories Episode 27
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Spiegelhalter is Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, Chair of th...
Sex By Numbers | Stats + Stories Episode 26
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Spiegelhalter is Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, Chair of th...
What Skills Are Needed To Work In Enrollment Offices | Stats + Stories Episode 25
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Kabbaz is Vice President , Division of Enrollment Management and Student Success at Miami University. His Division includes Offices of Admissi...
Reading, Writing, And Enrollment Analytics | Stats + Stories Episode 24
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Kabbaz is Vice President , Division of Enrollment Management and Student Success at Miami University. His Division includes Offices of Admissi...
Will You Be One Of The 8% Who Keep Their New Year's Resolutions? | Stats + Stories Episode 23
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Rose Marie Ward is a professor in Miami University's Department of Kinesiology & Health. She studies college student health, with a focus on both ...
A Political Scientist Ponders The Polls | Stats + Stories Episode 22
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Marshall is professor of political science at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. His teaching and research focuses in the areas of Congress, cong...
A Winning Formula For Sports | Stats + Stories Episode 21
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis Lock (@LockAnalytics) currently serves as Director of Analytics for the Miami Dolphins NFL team. In his role, he supports football operations t...
A Statistician Clears The Air | Stats + Stories Episode 20
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Nussbaum (@StatisticsBarry ) is former Chief Statistician at the US EPA, and is president-elect of the American Statistical Association. Include...
Moving Beyond The 'Just So' When Reporting Science | Stats + Stories Episode 19
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Regina Nuzzo (@ReginaNuzzo) is a science writer and professor of statistics at Gallaudet University. Her writings on science, medicine, health, statis...
Sports Reporting In The Digital Era | Stats + Stories Episode 18
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Terence Moore (@TMooreSports) is a national sports columnist and commentator who is a regular television contributor to CNN, ESPN "Outside the Lines a...
A New Equation For Modern Journalism | Stats + Stories Episode 17
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Trevor Butterworth is Director of Sense About Science USA, which advocates for evidence and transparency in science and technology in the public inter...
The Rule Of Numbers And The Role Of The Press | Stats + Stories Episode 16
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Trevor Butterworth is Director of Sense About Science USA, which advocates for evidence and transparency in science and technology in the public inter...
Screening And Intervention For Substance Abuse | Stats + Stories Episode 15
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Horton is a Professor of Statistics at Amherst College. His methodological research interests are in longitudinal regression models and missi...
Personalizing The World | Stats + Stories Episode 14
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Hunter is managing director of Customer Knowledge at Dunnhumby. Customer Knowledge is understanding what customers feel, think and do to empower ...
Reading, Writing And Statistics? | Stats + Stories Episode 13
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Franklin, Lothar Tresp Honoratus Honors Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator in Statistics at the University of Georgia, joined the Stats...
Numbers As Plot Elements In Financial Reporting | Stats + Stories Episode 12
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Blumberg is a radio and podcast producer who has launched the podcast 'Startup' - a "series about what happens when someone who knows nothing abo...
ESP - Evaluating Statistics For Psychic Phenomena | Stats + Stories Episode 11
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Utts, professor and chair of the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Irvine, and the incoming 2016 President of the Amer...
Workplace Safety | Stats + Stories Episode 10
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Whittaker Sofge is a toxicologist who leads a team that conducts quantitative risk assessment for hazards in the workplace. She is the Chief of ...
Medicine Is Getting Personal... | Stats + Stories Episode 9
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bonnie LaFleur has over fifteen years of experience in statistical and cancer research, and in teaching both physicians and degree seeking statistics/...
How Do I Know This Medicine Works? | Stats + Stories Episode 8
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Marie Davidian, William Neal Reynolds professor of statistics from North Carolina State University and past president of the American Statistical Asso...
What Do Seinfeld, The Tonight Show And Stats+Stories Have In Common? | Stats + Stories Episode 7
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rick Ludwin was hired by NBC Entertainment in 1979 and made director of variety shows there in 1980. He then became vice president for specials and va...
Earth Day: Evaluating Environmental Impacts By The Numbers | Stats + Stories Episode 6
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Oris is Associate Provost for Research, Dean of the Graduate School, and University Distinguished Professor of Biology at Miami University (Ohio)....
Health, Privacy And Confidentiality | Stats + Stories Episode 5
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Scanlon is a survey methodologist and research social scientist in the Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory at the Center for Disease Control...
CSI - Crime Stats Investigated | Stats + Stories Episode 4
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Kafadar, Rudy Professor of Statistics and Physics at Indiana University, joined the Stats+Stories regulars to discuss forensic science, the ev...
What Does The Census Do During The Other Nine Years? | Stats + Stories Episode 2
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tommy Wright, statistician in the US Census Center for Statistical Research and Methodology, joined the Stats+Stories regulars to discuss what the US ...
Baseball And Statistics | Stats + Stories Episode 1
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Albert, co-author of Curveball: Baseball, Statistics and the Role of Chance in the Game , editor of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis and Sport...