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2012

Titanic Fare Data
Data Tables, Economics

Titanic Survival Data
Data Tables

ICT Development Index 2010
Data Tables, Statistical Modelling, Information Technology, Economics


2011

Text-Mining of US Pager Messages from 11 September 2001
Graphs, Text-Mining, Statistical Programming

Statistics about South Sudan
Economics, Geography, Demographics, Data

Benford’s Law Explained

Benford’s Law and Accounting Fraud Detection
Statistical Analysis Techniques, Statistical Theory, Accounting, Forensics / Fraud Detection

The Rank-Size Rule of City Populations
Geography, Statistical Theory, Data Tables, Statistical Modelling

Statistics about Egypt
Democracy, Politics, Data Tables

Electing the Executive Branch
Electing the Legislative Branch
Democracy

Axiomatic Analysis of Elementary Indices
Elementary Indices
Economics, Economic / Financial Data


2010

Different ways of measuring the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Index Numbers
Economics, Economic / Financial Data

TANAGRA: A free data-mining program
Software Review, Data-Mining

The Galton Box
History of Statistics, History of Science and Technology

How the world separates its digits
How the world separates its decimals
Thematic Maps, Numbers

PSPP: A free alternative to SPSS
Software Review

Government debt as % of GDP
Economics, Graphs / Images

Utility Functions
Social Welfare Functions
Economics, Philosophy, Mathematics

Specialised Google Search Tips
Advanced Google Search Tips
Search Engines, Information Technology

Imprisoned Chinese human rights activist wins Nobel Peace Prize
Democracy, Human Rights, Justice, Ethics

Cross-validation
Bootstrapping
Monte Carlo Methods
Simulation Techniques, Statistical Analysis Techniques

Total Least Squares
Statistical Analysis Techniques, Alternatives to OLS

Prosecutor’s Fallacy
Justice, Ethics, Law, Probability

Fields Medal 2010
Mathematics, Research

The Vote Splitting Problem
Democracy

The German Tank Problem
Statistical Analysis Techniques, War

R-estimators
L-estimators
M-estimators
Statistical Analysis Techniques, Robust Estimators, Alternatives to OLS

LAD: An Alternative to OLS
Statistical Analysis Techniques, Robust Estimators, Alternatives to OLS

Gambler’s Fallacy
Statistical Theory, Probability, Psychology, Gambling, Addiction

The Monty Hall Problem
Statistical Theory, Probability, Psychology

Condorcet’s Jury Theorem
Statistical Theory, Socio-political Issues, Democracy

Survey Sampling Methods

Data Collection Techniques

Life expectancy at birth versus GDP per capita (PPP)
Graphs / Images, Econometrics / Economics

Gretl: A free alternative to EViews
Software Review

Regression
Statistical Analysis Techniques

Battle of Britain Casualty Data
Data Tables

Healthcare Spending as % GDP
Graphs / Images

Napoleon’s Army
Graphs / Images





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