Man on a Plane Probability (in the wild)
My friend had an interview with Google during which they asked him this interesting question:
A man gets on a plane with n seats, but he has lost his ticket. So this man randomly chooses a seat. The next guy gets on the plane with his ticket. He goes to his seat, if it is empty, he sits there. If it is taken, he randomly chooses a seat. This continues until n-1 seats are filled. The n-th person enters the plane with his ticket. He goes to his seat. What is the probability that it is empty?
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Push Polling (in the wild)
This is from a while ago (Nov 18, 2008), but it’s still interesting:
“Zogby Engages in Apparent Push Polling for Right-Wing Website”
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Census Policy Implications (in the wild)
Why is the census important? Policy mplications of the 2010 Census.
Also, here is an interesting downloadable word doc:The Census: A Brief History
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Chartporn.org (in the wild)
If graphical displays of data get you going, you should go to Chartporn.org.
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God fearing, gun toting, family values……porn subscribers (in the wild)
From Charles Blow’s blog, By The Numbers:Red (Light) States.
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Mountains out of Molehills (in the wild)
A fantastic graphic: “Mountains out of Molehills: A time-line of global media scare stories.”
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Aftermath of the 2010 Census (in the wild)
Two interesting posts from Frontloading HQ:
“A Closer look at the Aftermath of the 2010 Census”
“2012 Presidential Race: August PPP Trial Heats In-Depth“.
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Stats in the Wild 