54. Shark Attacks, Red Shirts, and Statistics

2014-12-03

What do shark attacks have to do with Star Trek: TOS and misleading news stories? Statisti-HEY COME BACK!

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A website claiming the relative safety of shark attacks compared to furniture - http://hawaiisharkencounters.com/shark-conservation/shark-attacks

A website of shark attack statistics - http://sharkattackfile.info/

An incredibly complete Bayesian analysis of Star Trek: TOS fatalities by uniform color - http://www.significancemagazine.org/details/webexclusive/4381371/keep-your-redshirt-on-a-bayesian-exploration.html

THUNK - 43. You Don’t Suck at Math - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNqVvH2jqzI

TED talk entitled “How Juries are Fooled By Statistics,” by Peter Donnelly - http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_donnelly_shows_how_stats_fool_juries?language=en

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