What interesting statistical information can I dig out of this medical billing data? [more inside]
posted by neilkod on Nov 19, 2009 - 8 answers

There's no special place to turn up if you think you've got the swine flu to be tested or otherwise counted--hospitals and clinics tell people to just stay home unless they are having actual health complications. How is the CDC able to say that 22 million people have been infected with H1N1 when if you don't have to be hospitalized, nobody will even test you for it?
posted by autoclavicle on Nov 13, 2009 - 18 answers

Statistics question: is it possible to test sets of cumulative data for significant differences in rate? [more inside]
posted by rollick on Nov 4, 2009 - 9 answers

Lots of interrelated data, little idea of how to analyze it. What method or type of software is best for collecting complex information for future analysis? [more inside]
posted by newlyminted on Aug 20, 2009 - 6 answers

I have some friends collecting movie & music data for the month of August - what are some innovative/interesting things I can do with the results? [more inside]
posted by troika on Aug 3, 2009 - 3 answers

Google-fu masters: I need some stats, STAT. [more inside]
posted by greta simone on Feb 12, 2009 - 16 answers

How to import a SAS dataset into R (with, unfortunately, one extra degree of difficulty...)? [more inside]
posted by docgonzo on Jan 23, 2009 - 5 answers

Am I distorting my data, and not showing the true picture? [more inside]
posted by matholio on Nov 18, 2008 - 9 answers

Where can I find antebellum white-on-black rape statistics? [more inside]
posted by billtron on Sep 29, 2008 - 8 answers

StatisticsFilter: how can I find out whether my data is bimodal? [more inside]
posted by halogen on Sep 23, 2008 - 12 answers

I'm trying to lead a crusade for government to publish it's statistics and data in a way that is mashable. Is it possible to define a standard digital format that could apply to a diverse array of data sets? [more inside]
posted by baggymp on May 29, 2008 - 12 answers

Best ways to visually explore a large survey data set? [more inside]
posted by proj on May 7, 2008 - 9 answers

Statistics-filter: I need to establish to what extent student performance on a particular standardized test is predicted by each of the following: GPA, standardized test scores and a couple of other miscellaneous numerical factors. How do I go about this? [more inside]
posted by perissodactyl on Mar 6, 2008 - 11 answers

Statistics filter: Interval or Ordinal data? [more inside]
posted by mjger on Oct 10, 2007 - 11 answers

How do I account for twins in statistical analysis? By 'twins' I mean two people born at the same time, rather than any unknown-to-me technical meaning for the word 'twins' in statistics. [more inside]
posted by teem on Sep 18, 2007 - 14 answers

SPSS-filter: How can I change the same property field of all my variables simultaneously? [more inside]
posted by lioness on Aug 16, 2007 - 4 answers

Gather 'round, friends, and tell me how to learn Bayesian statistical analysis. [more inside]
posted by docgonzo on May 8, 2007 - 8 answers

I need a good resource for conducting statistical tests. I've taken stats courses, but it's been a while. Something SPSS-centric would be ideal... [more inside]
posted by electric_counterpoint on Nov 29, 2006 - 4 answers

Clicking Tracking: there is MeasureMap, PMetrics, BlogBeat, Crazy Egg, but Google Analytics is apparently the best. What other tools and services for tracking your visitors would you suggest? I am about to start a new web design blog, but I don't know which tool I should use. Which are better? Which would you use for blogs and which for "normal" web-sites?
posted by volandmast on Apr 17, 2006 - 2 answers

I want to take a bunch of numerical data (say, survey results) found in Word documents in roughly tabular form (though not in tables per se) and run simple statistical analyses on them. What's the best way to do this? [more inside]
posted by shivohum on Apr 17, 2006 - 10 answers

A statistics / scientific convention question. I've noticed in scientific journals that often when a set of data is presented with values normalized to one of the sample groups, and the value for that sample group is arbitrarily set to 1, 10, 100 or whatever, to simplify interpretation, the variability/error data for that one sample group is left out. Is there a good statistical reason for that or is it just some random convention with no good reason? [more inside]
posted by shoos on Jan 24, 2006 - 17 answers

How many people in the United States make over $25 million a year in pre-tax income? How many over some other threshold? Google is failing me, and census.gov is resisting my navigational efforts.
posted by Aaorn on Dec 3, 2005 - 10 answers

I'm working on a data graphic with a linear scale horizontally but a logarithmic scale vertically. The y-axis (count scale) values range from 0 to 200, with the mode average in the lower third of that range. I'd like the graph to take up only a third of the size vertically that it currently does. I can recognize a logarithmic plot when I see one, and I know what I want generally, but I don't have enough of a handle on the Math to actually calculate and plot such a scale myself... at least accurately. I'd appreciate any help in understanding the Math. It's one thing to see a formula, and another to know how to use it. I'm also not 100% sure that this is the best way to handle such a graph, so alternate strategies or confirmation are welcome.
posted by Jeff Howard on Oct 14, 2005 - 14 answers

As I understand it, the US election is won by winning areas and then counting up how many wins each person got. Give or take. It's not all that important to the question.

Does anyone know if/when the actual voter figures will be released? I'd love to compare this system to a true winner-takes-all system...
posted by twine42 on Nov 3, 2004 - 4 answers