{"id":18,"date":"2013-12-05T20:40:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T20:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labmath.org\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2014-12-09T16:35:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T16:35:12","slug":"party-topics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/labmath.org\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"Random Numbers and Time Sinks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever feel in need of a great irrelevant correlation to illustrate the difference between correlation and causation? \u00a0I know I have. \u00a0Check out the excellent collection kept by\u00a0Tyler Vigen<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0at:<\/p>\n

Spurious correlations<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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EYEBALLING TEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Think you are good at finding the half way point? \u00a0Or a 90 degree angle? \u00a0Test your ability to eyeball:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/woodgears.ca\/eyeball\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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ARE YOU A PIECE OF PI?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Look for strings of numbers in pi, such as your birthday, your phone number, whatever.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.angio.net\/pi\/piquery<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Labmath.org now has an official heroine:<\/p>\n

Mary Somerville<\/h1>\n
\"Mary<\/div>\n
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Brief list of links to brief biographies:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Mary Somerville (AgnesScott.edu)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Mary Somerville (Virginia website)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Mary Somerville (Sheisanastonomer site)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Ever feel in need of a great irrelevant correlation to illustrate the difference between correlation and causation? \u00a0I know I have. \u00a0Check out the excellent collection kept by\u00a0Tyler Vigen\u00a0at: Spurious correlations   EYEBALLING TEST Think you are good at finding the half way point? \u00a0Or a 90 degree angle? \u00a0Test your ability to eyeball: http:\/\/woodgears.ca\/eyeball\/ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/labmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/labmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/labmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/labmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"http:\/\/labmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/labmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}