Statistics Jokes and Humor

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Gallery of Statistics Jokes (A very extensive collection.)
Gary Ramseyer

Example:

A researcher asked an experienced statistician what procedure should be used to obtain the correlation between two normally distributed variables that were artificially dichotomized. Why did the researcher suddenly rush from the statistician's office and run straight to the pharmacy to buy a bottle of carbon tet cleaning fluid?

The statistician told him a TETRACHORIC SOLUTION was appropriate for his problem!!!

Ben Shabad's Statistics Cartoon Page
Example:



Standard Deviation Man (Video)

Mean, Median, and Mode video tutorial

Profession Jokes: Statistics
by David Shay
Example: In God we trust. All others must bring data.

Mathematical Jokes: Statistics
Example: If had only one day left to live, I would live it in my statistics class:
it would seem so much longer.

Statistical Jokes from Fathom Resource Center
Example: The latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population.

Stat.rap Clever performance covering many statistical concepts. Consider whether the n> 30 for a z test and expected values ≥ 5 for Chi Square represent current thinking.


Statz Rappers This is a cute video made by some statistics students.

Using Humor to Teach Statistics
Using Humor in the Introductory Statistics Course
Hershey H. Friedman, Linda W. Friedman, and Taiwo Amoo

Using Humor to Teach Statistics : Must They Be Orthogonal?
by Richard G. Lomax and Seyed A. Moosavi