tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post9063040435451420265..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): A graph to share with math-challenged friendsMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-40131767384338610112017-03-20T11:21:50.345-05:002017-03-20T11:21:50.345-05:00Long ago in the army, my buddies and I suggested t...Long ago in the army, my buddies and I suggested the following correlation:<br /><br />95% of the people who commit murders in the USA had eaten potatoes in some form in the previous 48 hours, so it is obvious that potatoes cause murderers to kill.SteveGinGTOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697382976006839418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-36019352526115112372013-07-22T23:03:15.636-05:002013-07-22T23:03:15.636-05:00This graph just goes to prove that, once again, Mi...This graph just goes to prove that, once again, Microsoft IS the beginning and continuation of evil!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-79790977437939940162013-07-22T22:30:00.285-05:002013-07-22T22:30:00.285-05:00In before, Correlation doesn't imply causation...In before, Correlation doesn't imply causation. <br />Also I'm confident, that a murder every 36 minutes constitutes a rate. Even more unsettling is the fact that it's only two months ago that I learned the math instructions on how to correctly make histograms (something about adding half an interval in front), yet I already forgot almost all of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-65130648085358370182013-07-22T15:05:36.118-05:002013-07-22T15:05:36.118-05:00Probably a triple failure if you also describe a s...Probably a triple failure if you also describe a sequence of integers as a "rate."Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-60174106362915054612013-07-22T13:57:06.559-05:002013-07-22T13:57:06.559-05:00When I was in school you would get an instant F on...When I was in school you would get an instant F on a paper/test etc. if you didn't clearly mark that the Y axis doesn't scale linearly starting from 0 on a graph such as this. I suppose this would be a double failure. adeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01992672132384267439noreply@blogger.com