Streuspanne – Statistics and Its Curiosities

In the second episode of our mini-series on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and statistics, we look at Neural Networks. These models, inspired by the human brain, consist of several layers that recognize patterns and process information.

In the first episode of our mini-series on »Artificial intelligence (AI) and statistics«, we examine whether AI is just »glorified statistics«. We explain the terms AI and machine learning using concrete examples and offer an interactive task in which listeners consider how an AI can recognize a rectangle on a checkered sheet of paper.

What do Julius Caesar, Albert Einstein, Goethe, Marie Curie, Isaac Newton, Beethoven, Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe have in common? Not only were they all famous personalities, they were also left-handed. Today, August 13th, we are celebrating International Left-handed People's Day – with our new podcast episode and, of course, some curious statistics on the subject.

In the new episode of Streuspanne, we look at Benford's Law. This mathematical principle mysteriously reveals fraud in statistics. Our Streuspanne team investigates whether it puts financial investigators out of work and whether the law can disprove Bielefeld.

Today's short episode of the Streuspanne podcast is about the European Parliament elections. The special is under the bold statement: »There is no shift to the right. Unfortunately. – The AfD in the European elections since 2014«. The focus of the discussion is – following on from the last episode – the wording of the media in connection with statistics and why we need a real positive shift.

The new Streuspanne episode deals with a hot topic: the police crime statistics – PKS (Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik acronym in German). These are published every year by the Federal Criminal Police Office and often attract a lot of media attention. The data on the origin of the perpetrators in particular is often used for striking headlines.

Our »Streuspanne Lexicon« is not a regular series, but a section to refer to small explanations without having to go on and on in a separate series. Today we continue with »F wie Freiheitsgrade« (English: D for Degrees of Freedom)

Today we continue the »Streuspanne Lexicon« with the entry »K wie kritische Werte« (English: C for Critical Values). Our lexicon is not a regular episode, but a section to refer to short explanations without having to go into detail again and again in a separate episode. The podcast team explains a term briefly and concisely in just a few minutes.

How much do you earn in rock music? Whether your answer will be »several million« or »that's breadless art« often has less to do with the question itself than with your own individual distortions and errors in thinking – the statistical noise.

Our »Streuspanne Lexicon« is not a regular series, but a section to refer to small explanations without having to go on and on in a separate series. Today we continue with »M for Mean« and »M for Median«. The Streuspanne team explains briefly why not all »means« are the same.