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The secret to a perfect basketball team is data
by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 8, 2016
You don't come across a Steph Curry every day, but teams are trying to make their own.
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First U.S. data chief touts benefits of big data
by Kai Ryssdal and Robert Garrova
Nov 12, 2015
DJ Patil was appointed as the White House's first Chief Data Scientist in February.
GDP revisions — Who cares? Why bother?
by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 25, 2015
Growth estimates are tweaked twice, but the markets have long-since digested that old news.
The biggest, baddest black markets in the US
by Jenny Ament
Apr 24, 2015
A snapshot of what the black market says about us.
Gini: the measure of inequality
by Krissy Clark
Jul 10, 2014
The Gini Index is the most common measure of wealth distribution within nations
Consumed
How putting a price on something can change everything
by David Weinberg
Jun 14, 2013
Why do Major League Baseball games take so long to play these days? Because the Oakland A's found that the best way to produce runs is to draw a lot of walks. So baseball became a game of hitters waiting…
The Big Book
Statistics may sound boring, but they're everywhere
by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 11, 2013
Charles Wheelan's new book "Naked Statistics" has fun with the serious subject of stats.
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The Big Book
The problem with statistical models and forecasting
by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 27, 2012
Author Nate Silver discusses why he believes that numbers are part of the challenge in painting a clear picture of the American economy.