Putting Methods to the Madness
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Written by Connor Zahler: One of the most ubiquitous claims in all of society is that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. It’s been brought up in fights about the course of society, lampshaded by romantic comedies, played straight […]
Written by Connor Zahler: In a previous post, Connor talked about a massive overestimation of the human toll during the European witch hunts. It’s easy to dismiss this, and other gross misuses of quantitative methods, as simply a funny anecdote […]
Written by Connor Zahler: Daylight savings time may be no more. Or, rather, it may now continue forever. Recently, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill that would make daylight savings time permanent. If passed by the House of Representatives […]
Written by Connor Zahler: Data Detectives is a NEW series from Putting Methods to the Madness based on the assignment of the same name from QMSS 301. Student writers find a statistic or talking point and do “detective” work by […]