While math was never my favorite subject in school, I did enjoy statistics. I’m sure the fact that I started paying attention to sports averages and now social media numbers keep that interest alive. So whenever I see some strange stats, I need to dig in. For example, what is the deadliest month of the…
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Like many, I do my best to be a smart consumer. I can spend hours researching items that I’m looking to buy. Thanks to the internet, we have access to more data than ever before. Of course, we can sometimes find too much information…
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In years to come, when we look back at 2020 we’ll likely need to add an asterisk to remind people that things weren’t normal. Because of the pandemic, 2020 will surely throw statistical averages out the window…
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Despite Veterans Day falling on Sunday, we officially celebrate today. That means no mail delivery today. To honor our vets, I have some very interesting numbers to share…
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Do you have privacy issues? I truly think that ship sailed a long time ago! I specifically talked about Facebook privacy almost 7 years ago right here on the podcast…
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I’m sure you’ll agree with me that numbers lie. Just because you read some numbers on a piece of paper or on a computer screen doesn’t mean they’re real…
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Talk of the election isn’t going away anytime soon. And the people who conduct polls and research are pulling out their hair. Doing research has always been challenging, and it just got worse…
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I was a good student in school, but never really enjoyed most of my classes in math and science. I always believed that I wouldn’t need to use anything more than the basics. Of course, it only makes sense that I really needed a bit more than the basics…
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Data. It’s what makes the world and the internet go round. And how to they accumulate all that data?
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Math was never my favorite subject when I was in school, but in recent years I’ve come to focus on numbers more and more. And that’s especially true when it comes to the Mason Minute podcast…
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