• Ideas in statistics that have powered AI https://news.columbia.edu/news/top-10-ideas-statistics-ai 78 comments 7/7/2021
• What are the most important statistical ideas of the past 50 years? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01621459.2021.1938081 98 comments 21/2/2022
• The most important statistical ideas of the past 50 years https://fermatslibrary.com/s/what-are-the-most-important-statistical-ideas-of-the-past-50-years 31 comments 13/4/2021
• What are the most important statistical ideas of the past 50 years? [pdf] http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/unpublished/stat50.pdf 69 comments 7/3/2021

• Rcollectd - An idea for a simple and minimal system statistics collector https://github.com/pkhamre/rcollectd 2 comments 4/9/2012 devops , ruby , show

• Need EE statistics lab ideas! https://www.reddit.com/r/ElectricalEngineering/comments/8kfh2i/need_ee_statistics_lab_ideas/ 4 comments 18/5/2018 statistics
• Here’s my very basic idea to normalize passing statistics (or any sports statistic) across different eras. https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/acp0pd/heres_my_very_basic_idea_to_normalize_passing/ 17 comments 5/1/2019 nfl
• High school statistics teachers, I am teaching stats for the first time this year and would love your ideas! http://www.amazon.com/The-Practice-Statistics-Graphing-Calculator/dp/0716747731/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+practice+of+statistics&qid=1345434519&sr=8-2 35 comments 20/8/2012 statistics
• Dear Reddit, I have discovered a serious error in US government debt statistical data: The idea that Europe is more indebted than the US is wrong; The CIA World Factbook data is wrong. http://one-salient-oversight.blogspot.com/2010/07/serious-data-problems-with-government.html 17 comments 21/7/2010 economy
• Norwich City and Sheffield United – The new boys with the new ideas - A Statistical Analysis https://www.canofootball.com/articles/tactical-analysis/norwich-city-and-sheffield-united-the-new-boys-with-the-new-ideas-a-statistical-analysis/ 35 comments 20/8/2019 soccer
• [Amick] Some ideas discussed to engage fans virtually - unique camera angles, enhanced audio from players and coaches, personalized alternative telecast with statistical overlays, chat functions, a tap-to-cheer app that lights up the arena in a team’s colors, virtual concerts https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/hgwdpy/amick_some_ideas_discussed_to_engage_fans/ 74 comments 27/6/2020 nba
• [Amick] Some ideas discussed to engage fans virtually - unique camera angles, enhanced audio from players and coaches, personalized alternative telecast with statistical overlays, chat functions, a tap-to-cheer app that lights up the arena in a team’s colors, virtual concerts https://theathletic.com/1896402/2020/06/26/inside-the-medias-call-with-nba-power-brokers-to-address-restart-concerns/ 9 comments 27/6/2020 nba
• [Data Science] Is it a good idea to shoot for a master's degree in statistics after I complete bachelor's in computer science, or should I get a double bachelor's in both statistics and computer science first? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/5hg3ru/data_science_is_it_a_good_idea_to_shoot_for_a/ 5 comments 9/12/2016 cscareerquestions
• Looking for ideas for using reflection/introspection for statistical programming [X-post r/programming] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baxtyeFVn3w&t=26m50s 3 comments 25/1/2019 smalltalk
• "The thing with science is it doesn't deal in certainties, it deals in probabilities, and there are some vigorous deniers here and in the States. Usually they're people, not very bright, who haven't grasped certain fundamental ideas about, say, statistics," http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/04/ianmcewan-fiction 214 comments 26/10/2009 science
• Meet the Canadian whose big idea felled Wall Street. Math whiz proposed applying this statistical formula to credit risk, and financial meltdown ensued http://www.thestar.com/business/article/604033? 4 comments 18/3/2009 business
• I had no idea that 25% of incacerated people around the world are in American prisons. (scroll down to population statistics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/prisons#population_statistics 134 comments 22/4/2008 reddit.com
• I had a ridiculous statistics idea project involving robberies and GTA V, and learned R Stats to do the analysis. https://forms.gle/WNZRZnrQM1zN5KE46 9 comments 23/11/2019 rstats
• [Serious] CMV: The idea of Ben Simmons switching shooting hands only gained steam through group-think regurgitation of an uninformed article in 2016 and has no basis in reality - statistically or otherwise - regarding it's effectiveness. https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2016/2/16/10966798/ben-simmons-nba-draft-scouting-report-jump-shot 65 comments 28/3/2018 nba
• Ann Romney: "After the election...we realized we had no idea what it was like to be one of, well, I don't want to use that statistic again, but you know the one I mean" http://www.theawl.com/2012/12/the-amazing-reformation-of-mitt-and-ann-romney 64 comments 6/12/2012 politics
• There are 2 main theories on effect of pregnancy on body image: 1) Pregnancy is in conflict with social ideas of female beauty. 2) Women are liberated from social ideals at this time. A new study found no statistical difference in body image dissatisfaction between pregnant and non-pregnant women. https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-023-05930-w 35 comments 16/10/2023 science
• The only known colour film of Sir Donald Bradman (Greatest cricket player of all time and statistically the greatest sportsperson ever) playing cricket has been discovered in a gift to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) and the donor had no idea what he had. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-21/colour-footage-of-sir-donald-bradman-discovered-in-nfsa-donation/11988988 35 comments 21/2/2020 worldnews
• That Global Warming Hiatus? It Never Happened. Two New Studies Explain Why. | Missing Arctic data was part of the problem. In the end, the idea of a pause, often cited by climate policy opponents, didn’t hold up to statistical testing. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18122018/global-warming-hiatus-pause-never-happened-studies-explain-climate-change-risbey-oreskes-mann 23 comments 19/12/2018 science
• What evidence is Turing referring to when he writes this about extrasensory perception?: "These disturbing phenomena seem to deny all our usual scientific ideas. How we should like to discredit them ! Unfortunately the statistical evidence, at least for telepathy, is overwhelming." https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/content_public/journal/mind/lix/236/10.1093_mind_lix.236.433/1/433.pdf?expires=1499451367&signature=bgmqoa~ajdeimfc~mn0m4uorxghfwh-biiljhom0jaer8nqljyxy4iknktsbzivfqqq1ae12-vocah2ohhnig3uwmu1dso~q-mv8yp42b-4cwfcpi2mgpfzsfizopf8qc5i8rw8xnaxnjcydjz53q6zjfrzabwf9j6r5ybaucah8tvpu0zyhpgouznm19iehpppr5qa1g44fkv8mwhnaqpahv3pmtqp7iuqc0gfhzn0eyj7ppgaq1kqxalo7vtfcui6uftvqaezaa7t~d6ghubwtklkkcsd1llzeazh9znzydygcyvildxhpawvdbfjiu~1kgd99jp8fytdahto0~q__&key-pair-id=apkaiuczbia4lvpavw3q 26 comments 6/7/2017 compsci
• Nate Silver, 538: For Romney to Win, State Polls Must Be Statistically Biased -- "Obama is now better than a 4-in-5 favorite to win the Electoral College, according to the 538 forecast. His chances of winning it increased to 83.7%...powerful evidence against the idea that the race is a tossup." http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/nov-2-for-romney-to-win-state-polls-must-be-statistically-biased/ 53 comments 3/11/2012 politics