Fun With Statistics

By Kevin Meyer I consider myself lucky in many respects, not the least of which is the fact that I live in one of California's premier wine-produ…

In this edition of Fun With Statistics we take a quick look at one of those odd economic indexes we come across every now and then. An unconventional…

By Kevin Meyer It's been a long while, probably over a year, since I've done a Fun With Statistics post, but the WSJ gave me the perfect oppo…

In this issue of Fun With Statistics we'll tackle that new consumer term du jour, the "carbon footprint."  Most of us know by now that t…

In this edition of Fun With Statistics we tackle the quandary of published overhead or administrative costs.  We commonly use administrative overhead…

In this edition of Fun With Statistics we'll tackle a statistical nuance that has bugged me for a long time: percentiles with populations that cha…

How's that for a title for this edition of Fun With Statistics?  But before I receive a bunch of comments that I have the power to simply discard,…

In this edition of Fun With Statistics we'll take on the perennial question: why are there so few eligible bachelors?  Of course this was never a…