A cartoon that provides a clever way to introduce neural networks and machine learning topics. The cartoon was used in the June 2020 CAUSE cartoon caption contest and the winning caption was written by Luis Rivera-Galicia from Alcala University in Spain. The cartoon was drawn by British cartoonist John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea by Dennis Pearl from Penn State University.
A cartoon that provides a clever way to introduce the statistical field of sabermetrics. The cartoon was used in the May 2020 CAUSE cartoon caption contest and the winning caption was written by Larry Lesser from the The University of Texas at El Paso. The cartoon was drawn by British cartoonist John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea by Dennis Pearl from Penn State University.
A cartoon for discussing how subgroup analyses often lead to false positive results (using the comical idea of someone studying your study by having both treatment arms give a placebo). The cartoon is #2726 in the web comic XKCD created by Randall Munroe.
A cartoon for describing both issues associate with meta analyses and with the large number of unreplicated scientific studies. The cartoon is #2755 in the web comic at XKCD.com by Randall Monroe (see https://xkcd.com/2755/).
A joke for discussing the calculus prerequisite for an upper division probability course. The joke was written by Dennis Pearl and Larry Lesser in October 2022.
A song about the trimmed mean as a robust measure of distributional center. The lyric was written by Dennis Pearl from Penn State University in May 2023 and may be sung to the tune of the KitKat jingle - music by Michael A. Levin and lyric by Ken Shuldman used in the KitKat candy bar advertisements since 1986.
A cartoon for discussing time series plots. Here an instructor might ask if the graph shown is a possible function of time. The cartoon was created by American cartoonist Jon Carter in 2017.
A cartoon to initiate a discussion about cleaning data. The cartoon was created by American cartoonist Jon Carter.
A cartoon to be used in discussing forecasting. The cartoon was created by American cartoonist Jon Carter.
A humorous cartoon that might be usefult to discuss the meaning of "Expectations" in the graph shown and how best to display the information provided in the two graphs if the relationship between expectations and sales is paramount. The cartoon was created by American cartoonist Jon Carter.