(This article was originally published at Numbers Rule Your World, and syndicated at StatsBlogs.)
Love this xkcd comic (link). Would have been even better cut to the final third. Great food for thought for predictive modelers.
A few years ago, some economists wanted to change their last name because economists with last names beginning close to the front of the alphabet have greater chance of winning the Nobel (according to their research). (link to PDF)
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