The Secret is Out: Statistics is Cool



Home Courses Research Downloads Useful Links Amusements Gripes Brett Presnell Associate Professor 225 Griffin-Floyd Hall (352) 392 1941 FAX: (352) 392 5175 presnell@stat.ufl.edu Office Hours MWF: 3:00–4:30 pm	The Secret is Out: Statistics is Cool What are the odds that statistics would get this popular? The Age of Big Data How Companies Learn Your Secrets ("It's like an arms race to hire statisticians nowadays," said Andreas Weigend, the former chief scientist at Amazon.com.) Just the Facts. Yes, All of Them. Why Statistics? The Cybercrime Wave that Wasn't How Big Data Became So Big Meta Analyses of Organic Food's Value Disagree Want a top job? Do the math. Need more reasons not to trust voluntary response polls? (or from the source) Did an Excel error bring down the London Whale?(also here and here)