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Two More Data Points Changes Everything
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Two More Data Points Changes Everything
The perfect representation of statistical significance in underfunded research. Two additional data points and suddenly your p-value drops below 0.05, transforming "disappointing results" into "groundbreaking discovery." Happens every Tuesday in my lab. The difference between rejection and publication is often just a couple of desperate measurements taken at 2 AM while the grant deadline looms.

The Perfect Visual Proof Of Sample Size Importance
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4 days ago 2.9K views 0 shares
The Perfect Visual Proof Of Sample Size Importance
Statistical reality hitting harder than any textbook! Left side shows a perfect 5-star rating based on just 19 reviews, while right side shows 4.6 stars from 2,280 reviews. The facial expressions say it all - small samples give deceptively "perfect" results while larger datasets reveal the messy truth. Next time someone brags about their "flawless" preliminary results, just point to their tiny n-value and watch them squirm. Statistical significance has never been so savage!

Survivor Bias: The Statistical Loophole
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12 days ago 3.9K views 0 shares
Survivor Bias: The Statistical Loophole
The statistical masterpiece of survivor bias in its natural habitat! The comment claims Russian roulette is "completely safe" based on interviewing 1000 previous players with a 100% survival rate. Of course they all survived—you can't interview the losers! 💀 This is like concluding parachutes are unnecessary because no one has ever complained after jumping without one. Classic selection bias that would make any statistician cry into their probability distribution charts.

Some People Believe It To Be A Myth
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12 days ago 3.4K views 0 shares
Some People Believe It To Be A Myth
This statistical masterpiece showcases the three types of people on the scientific belief spectrum. In the middle, we have the casual "I believe in science" guy, representing the average person who accepts scientific consensus without diving into methodology. On the left, the science denier who rejects evidence entirely. But the real hero is on the right—the scientist who doesn't "believe" in science because science isn't about belief! It's about evidence, testing hypotheses, and statistical significance. The bell curve brilliantly illustrates how most people fall into the middle "believer" category, while both deniers and actual scientists occupy the tails of the distribution. The quotation marks around "believe" are doing some heavy lifting here!

Statistics: The Art Of Selective Reasoning
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16 days ago 4.1K views 0 shares
Statistics: The Art Of Selective Reasoning
Statistics: the dark art of finding the silver lining in a mushroom cloud! ☢️ The meme brilliantly captures how statistical facts can lead to hilariously twisted conclusions. Sure, smoking might knock 20 years off your life, but hey—at least you won't remember forgetting where you put your keys! It's the perfect example of correlation being weaponized for justification. Next up in my lab: proving that eating ice cream prevents shark attacks because nobody gets bitten while holding a cone! *maniacal scientist laughter*

The Two Types Of Scientists
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17 days ago 5.1K views 0 shares
The Two Types Of Scientists
Look at Professor Whiskers here, with his bow tie and glasses, dividing humanity into statistical camps. The truth hurts, doesn't it? In science, extrapolating from incomplete data is basically just educated guessing with confidence. It's the difference between saying "I think" and "The data suggests." Some scientists wait for complete datasets before drawing conclusions (bless their patient hearts), while others boldly predict climate patterns from three temperature readings and a hunch. The cat knows what's up—nothing screams "trust me, I'm a scientist" like a fluffy white feline in a bow tie making sweeping generalizations about humanity while surrounded by chemistry equipment.

Correlation Reveals Our Roman Numeral Crisis
Math Science
19 days ago 19.2K views 0 shares
Correlation Reveals Our Roman Numeral Crisis
The graph shows search trends for "super bowl" (blue) and "how to read roman numerals" (red) spiking simultaneously every year! The massive correlation reveals humanity's collective panic when faced with Super Bowl logos like "Super Bowl XLVIII." Nothing exposes our educational blind spots quite like trying to figure out if we're watching Super Bowl 38, 48, or 5,000. This is statistical evidence that people frantically Google "what the heck does XLVIII mean?" moments before kickoff. Data doesn't lie, folks!

Correlation Does Not Imply Causation
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21 days ago 3.8K views 0 shares
Correlation Does Not Imply Causation
The statistician's favorite party trick: finding perfectly matching trends between completely unrelated variables. Notice how blood donations and scrambled eggs follow identical patterns? Clearly, donating blood makes you crave protein. Or maybe making breakfast inspires generosity? This is the statistical equivalent of noticing that both you and a celebrity wore blue on the same day and declaring yourself twins. The graphs beautifully demonstrate why researchers drink heavily during peer review.

Real Life Copium ATM
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24 days ago 3.7K views 0 shares
Real Life Copium ATM
The eternal struggle of every scientist: "It worked perfectly in the lab" meets "Is this lab you speak of in the room with us right now?" Classic interrogation room scene where the researcher's claims are being questioned like they're hallucinating their results. Every scientist knows that mysterious fifth dimension where experiments work flawlessly—until someone else tries to replicate them. Then suddenly your beautiful data transforms into an "equipment malfunction" or "statistical anomaly." The scientific method's greatest nemesis isn't falsification—it's the dreaded demo day!

The Self-Fulfilling T-Shirt Theorem
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24 days ago 7.4K views 0 shares
The Self-Fulfilling T-Shirt Theorem
The professor's shirt says "There are two types of people in this world: 1) Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data" — and that's it! No second point! The genius here is that the joke itself requires you to extrapolate what #2 would be (obviously "those who cannot"). The students asking if the shirt is missing a second part completely missed that they've become living proof of the shirt's message! It's like failing a test that tells you exactly what's on it. Pure mathematical irony in fabric form!

Had Some Thicc Error Bars
Physics Lab-life Science Academia
26 days ago 5.8K views 0 shares
Had Some Thicc Error Bars
When you report that gravity's acceleration is "-5.4 ms^-2" instead of the standard "9.8 ms^-2," you're basically declaring war on physics itself. Your lab partner applauds your bravery while your instructor prepares to ceremonially destroy your lab report. Those aren't just error bars—they're chasms of wrongness wide enough to fit the entire physics department's disappointment. Next time, maybe double-check which way gravity pulls before presenting your "groundbreaking" research.

Total Chad Move
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28 days ago 14.1K views 0 shares
Total Chad Move
The graph shows a negative correlation between testosterone and IQ, but the real gem is that ONE outlier point in the top right corner—high testosterone AND high IQ—circled and labeled as "Guy who answered my question on math stack exchange 9 years ago." That legendary Stack Exchange hero defies biological trends just to explain partial differential equations to desperate students at 3 AM! The hero we needed but didn't deserve. And with an R² value of only 0.19, this correlation is weaker than my willpower around free conference snacks.