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30 April 2010
Lies, damned lies and statistics (about TEDTalks): Sebastian Wernicke on TED.com
In a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek analysis, Sebastian Wernicke turns the tools of statistical analysis on TEDTalks, to come up with a metric for creating “the optimum TEDTalk” based on user ratings. How do you rate it? “Jaw-dropping”? “Unconvincing”? Or just plain “Funny”? (Recorded at TEDActive 2010, February 2010 in Palm Springs, CA. Duration: 5:59)
http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf
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Maria Russo
good tongue in cheek. but the title quote as i remember it is
“…lies, bloody lies and statistics” by the great Mark Twain.