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  • Q.Why does the distribution of votes in Virginia tend to favor Democrats, while the distribution of Idaho votes favor Republicans, and Colorado voters are evenly distributed between the parties?
    A. Because Virginia shapes up to be left-skewed, Idaho shapes up to be right-skewed, and Colorado shapes up to be uniform!

    Larry Lesser

  • lyrics copyright by Dennis K Pearl
    may sing to the tune of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" (Paul McCartney/Beatles)

    Joan was quizzical
    Studied things statistical science in the home
    Late nights all alone with a textbook
    Oh, oh, oh, oh

    Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine
    Calls her on the phone
    "Can you help me see what my study’s sho-o-o-own?"
    But as she's getting ready to work
    A thought comes to her mind
    A Bang-up! Bang-up! visualization
    Came down into her head
    A Whiz-Bang! Whiz-Bang! visualization
    With graphs in blue and red.

    Back in school again, Maxwell thinks he’s cool again
    Teacher’s overjoyed.
    Wishing to discover Joan’s secret
    She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
    So he waits behind
    Explaining fifty things the graphic shows.
    But when she turns her back on the boy
    A thought comes to her mind
    A Bang-up! Bang-up! visualization
    Came down into her head
    A Whiz-Bang! Whiz-Bang! visualization
    With graphs in blue and red.

    D. S. one-oh-one
    said "We got a dirty one"
    mis-recorded data all around
    painting quite a different picture
    Oh, oh, oh, oh

    Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
    Say the data must be cleaned (error free as can be)
    Joan says she agrees, and tells them so
    But as the words are leaving her lips
    A thought comes to her mind
    A Bang-up! Bang-up! visualization
    Came down into her head
    A Whiz-Bang! Whiz-Bang! Visualization 
    With graphs in blue and red.
    Wo-wo-wo-woh

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