Introduction
- R. Murray Thomas, Blending Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods in Theses and Dissertations (Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2003).
- Ellen Spector Platt, Garlic, Onion, & Other Alliums (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2003).
- Matthews, R. (2000), Storks Deliver Babies (p= 0.008). Teaching Statistics, 22: 36–38.
- The Collected Scientific Papers of Paul Samuelson, Vol. 1
- John Phelan: "Milton Friedman and the rise and fall of the Phillips Curve," The Commentator, October 23, 2012.
- Brian Domitrovic, "The Economics Nobel Goes to Sargent & Sims: Attackers of the Phillips Curve," Forbes, October 10, 2011.
- The correlation percentages expressed in the rest of the book are derived by multiplying the correlation coefficient by 100. This isn't entirely accurate. The correlation coefficient should not be expressed as a percentage but merely as a decimal describing a linear relationship. To express a percentage, I would need to have squared the coefficient before multiplying it. For many correlations this would have made little difference (99% correlations should be 98%), but for others the difference would be more substantial (the correlation on page 175 would be 44.4% expressed as a coefficient of determination).
Page 3: Hot dogs and fiction books
Page 5: Cheese and bedsheet deaths
Page 7: Margarine and Maine divorces
Page 9: Chicken and paper
Page 11: McDonald's satisfaction and deaths by choking
Page 13: Tea and lawnmowers
Page 15: Beef lighting
Page 17: Taco bell and oil
Page 19: Garfield and potatoes
Page 21: Fish and KFC
Page 23: Soybeans and email spam
Page 25: McDonald's and non-edible fishery product
Page 27: Tree nuts and Domino's pizza
Page 29: Brad Pitt and ice cream
Page 31: Shrimp and sharp glass
Page 33: Tuna and Canadian CO2
Page 35: Fats, oils, and VCRs
Page 37: Milk and vinyl
Page 41: Undergrads and televisions falling
Page 43: CompSci and comic books
Page 45: Bees and Russian nukes
Page 47: Sharknadoes
Page 49: Science funding and suicides
Page 51: Spelling bees and spiders
Page 53: Law books and bikes
Page 55: Biology PhDs and cafeteria food
Page 57: Engineers and string cheese
Page 59: Philosophy books and bored lawyers
Page 61: Sociology and space launches
Page 63: Ozone and bridges
Page 65: Herbs and bankruptcy
Page 67: Landscaping and cigarette smoking
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Page 71: High schoolers and sour cream
Page 73: Engineering and World of Warcraft
Page 75: Hurricanes and draft picks
Page 77: Harvard and Valentines day pet gifts
Page 79: Stats tests and chlamydia rates
Page 83: Dads and Disney
Page 85: Nuclear pregnancies
Page 87: Pets and liquor sales
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
- Note: This source does back up the multi-trillion dollar alcohol number, but it's wrong. My comment should say "B as in billion" and that Americans spent 1% of the national debt on alcohol, not ten times. Here is the same data from the U.S. Census, but without the multiplication error. No excuses here: I should have caught the error.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, "Survey of Current Business," April 2011
Page 89: Religion and drownings
Page 91: Days of our Lives and death row
Page 93: Cataclysmic f*cks
Page 95: Symphonies and pot
Page 97: Kentucky marriages and fishing boats
Page 99: Alcohol and bridges
Page 101: Literature and hangings
Page 103: Big Bang and Argentina
Page 105: UFOs and imprisonment
Page 107: Basketball and fireballs
Page 109: American Idol and New Hampshire UFOs
Page 111: Texting vs. the Postal Service
Page 113: Two and a Half Men and the stock exchange
Page 115: Best Oscar and the West Nile
Page 117: Sex and unemployment
Page 121: Cruise revenue and piracy
Page 123: Gas prices and Texan lawyers
Page 125: Victoria's Secret and cigarettes
Page 127: Basketball and breweries
Page 129: Christmas gifts and drug arrests
Page 131: Space LEGOs
Page 133: Pizza and hackers
Page 135: Cosmo and coal
Page 137: Krispy Kreme and minivans
Page 139: Video games and Mass. UFOs
Page 141: Shoes and Everest
Page 143: Facebook and wind power
Page 145: Harleys and fertility
Page 147: German cars and UFO cigars
Page 149: Canada and postcards
Page 151: BINGO and houseplants
Page 153: Pandora and Yankees batters
Page 155: Microsoft and PACs
Page 157: Oil and travel books
Page 161: Bruce Willis and exploding boilers
Page 163: Rachel Weisz and pajamas
Page 165: Ben Affleck and pesticides
Page 167: Kobe Bryant and immigration
Page 169: Morgan Freeman and nose surgery
Page 171: JLaw and ɐıןɐɹʇsnɐ
Page 173: Natalie Portman and Christmas trees
Page 175: Nic Cage and swimming pool drownings
Page 177: Drew Brees and airline complaints
Page 179: Chris Evans and earthquakes
Page 181: Lionel Messi and Marvel
Page 183: Harrison Ford and patents
Page 185: Liam Neeson and Walmart
Page 187: LeBron James and crocodiles
Page 189: Keira Knightly and king crab
