When Statisticians Stink at Darts
What was Stanford statistics student Ryan Tibshirani to do when his buddies kept beating him at darts? Read More »
Death and Taxes, Slightly Less Certain
The second chapter of SuperFreakonomics, which is primarily about catching terrorists and running an emergency room, includes a few passages about the timing quirks of births and deaths. Read More »
A Naked Self-Promotion Roundup
If you’re in Times Square on Saturday, Dec. 19, keep an eye out for SuperFreakonomics on the Dow Jones news zipper. A piece of Freakonomics schwag will go to the first person who sends us a photo of the book’s name up in lights. Read More »
Worth the Wait?
Waiting may be fun when it involves opening Christmas presents or paying off your credit cards, but waiting for the bus is a miserable experience pretty much any way you look at it.
Long waits are one of the most important — perhaps the most important — barriers deterring Americans from riding mass transit. Read More »
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