Statistically Insignificant

By Tess O'Brien

A podcast with visual aids about statistics in everyday life. Content is nominally published every fortnight.

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November 26, 2023 E44 Mutual Aid II: Good for the soul
Our second of three episodes on the role of mutual aid in the leftist political project. This time we talk about why mutual aid is good for the people doing it.
Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificant
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
Mastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificant
Bart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter, or at
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36min
October 04, 2023 E43: Mutual Aid Logistics
First of a three part series about mutual aid. This episode deals with the logistics of managing mutual aid stuff, particularly around mutual aid funds that act as pools of money for a community.Example for individual project or person:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ClTaXdR5oyyx1hrivxJvqGSc77KAeWvwdoo-IQWHkmg/edit?usp=sharingExample for community: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l_ugGisnFxG769LRWBojAynhSjtXklYiK0LhsGkfKuc/edit?usp=sharingSupport the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantThere is no video version of this episode, but if you want to see our video episodes check out https://www.youtube.com/@statisticallyinsignificantIf you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: [email protected]Twitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter, or athttps://letterboxd.com/snitchinorwell/
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56min
August 20, 2023 E42: Carbon Credits
If a cow farts in a field and there's a techbro with a box to catch it, does it really produce greenhouse gases?References:Chay, F., Badgley, G., Martin, K., Freeman, J., Hamman, J., and Cullenward, D. (2022) 'Unpacking ton-year accounting', (carbon)plan, https://carbonplan.org/research/ton-year-explainer.Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantThe video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/xADdzfSKTe0If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: [email protected]Twitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/statinsig.bsky.socialBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
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1h 12min
July 08, 2023 E41: Fatagories
We talk about how and why BMI sucks as a metric for either health or fatness, and other models for classifying fatness that actually reflect the needs and experiences of fat people.If you want to know more about relative risk statistics check out E19: Pregnancy Risk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9dC4VRD3B8Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantReferencesnagualdesign (2021) 'BMI Chart', Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BMI_chart.pngRomero-Corral, A., Montori, V. M., Somers, V. K., Korinek, J., Thomas, R. J., Allison, T. G., ... & Lopez-Jimenez, F. (2006). 'Association of bodyweight with total mortality and with cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease: a systematic review of cohort studies'. The Lancet, 368(9536), 666-678.Wang, Z. J., Zhou, Y. J., Galper, B. Z., Gao, F., Yeh, R. W., & Mauri, L. (2015). 'Association of body mass index with mortality and cardiovascular events for patients with coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis'. Heart, 101(20), 1631-1638.American Medical Association (2023). 'Support Removal of BMI as a Standard Measure in Medicine and Recognizing Culturally-Diverse and Varied Presentations of Eating Disorders and Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery'. Report 07 of the Council on Science and Public Health.The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/ztSt_oG5ulQIf you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: [email protected]Twitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
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1h 22min
June 24, 2023 E40: Marking
Marking schemes are statistical objects and boy are they weird ones.
Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificant
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/2JuiaFzgbyE
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
Mastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificant
Bart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
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1h 14min
May 23, 2023 E39: Medical Device Failure Ft. Tom Bowers
We talk to Dr Tom Bowers about how medical devices fail in the body, and how that is translated to statistics that can help with early detection.Tom can be found at https://twitter.com/fancywookieeSupport the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantReferences:Sheffield, S. (2019). The Controversy Over Essure Birth Control. Women Leading Change: Case Studies on Women, Gender, and Feminism, 4(2).Cohen, D. (2011). Out of joint: the story of the ASR. Bmj, 342.Cohen, D. (2013). DePuy knew about hip implant's high failure rate three years before it was recalled. BMJ: British Medical Journal (Online), 346.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-11/essure-contraceptive-device-class-action-lawsuit-supreme-court/102205852https://litfl.com/sir-john-charnley/https://www.zimmerbiomet.com/en/products-and-solutions/specialties/knee/nexgen-complete-knee-solution.htmlThe video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/Bs_jjWu7QaAIf you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: [email protected]Twitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
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1h 51min
April 18, 2023 E38: KPIs
We talk about KPIs as instruments of measurement, class power structures, and how to be a bad capitalist if you can.Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantThe video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/bwCvUp-hE-IIf you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: [email protected]Twitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
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1h 39min
March 31, 2023 E37: April's Fool
Grievance time!
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March 18, 2023 E36: The Uber Pricing Model
Uber continues to make its pricing and pay models less transparent to drivers and passangers. Workers, as ever, are pushing back, and here are some ideas for how to do it.Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantReferences:The Rideshare Guy (2023) '2 Uber Drivers: Same Requests DIFFERENT PAY! You Won't Believe This!' 2nd March, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UADTiL3S67I.Helling, B. (2023) 'Your Complete Guide to Uber's SURGE pricing', Gigworker, Updated 16th Feb, https://gigworker.com/your-complete-guide-to-uber-surge-pricing/Möhlmann, M. and Henfridsson, O. (2019) 'What People Hate About Being Managed by Algorithms, According to a Study of Uber Drivers', Harvard Business Review, Accessed 13/3/23 https://hbr.org/2019/08/what-people-hate-about-being-managed-by-algorithms-according-to-a-study-of-uber-driversGig Economy Project (2023) 'Is 'dynamic pricing' ripping-off gig workers?', Brave New Europe, 7th Feb https://braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-project-is-dynamic-pricing-ripping-off-gig-workersGig Economy Project (2023) '"We managed to reverse the balance of power": Interview with Leïla Chaibi MEP', Brave New Europe, Feb 4th https://braveneweurope.com/we-managed-to-reverse-the-balance-of-power-interview-with-leila-chaibi-mepWorker Info Exchange (2021) 'Managed By Bots: Data-Driven Exploitation in the Gig Economy', https://www.workerinfoexchange.org/wie-report-managed-by-botsThe video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/CyfVwjpxz5QIf you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: [email protected]Twitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
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1h 18min
February 28, 2023 E35: Wages, Prices, Inflation
If the cost of things is increasing faster than your wages, where is that money going?
Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificant
References
Stanford, J. (2023) 'Profit-Price Spiral: The Truth Behind Australia's Inflation', The Australia Institute, Centre for Future Work.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022, December). Wage Price Index, Australia. ABS. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/wage-price-index-australia/latest-release.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022, December). Wage Price Index, Australia methodology. ABS. https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/wage-price-index-australia-methodology/dec-2022.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2012). Wage Price Index: Concepts, Sources and Methods. ABS. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/detailed-methodology-information/concepts-sources-methods/wage-price-index-concepts-sources-and-methods/2012.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022, December). Producer Price Indexes, Australia. ABS. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/producer-price-indexes-australia/latest-release.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022, December). Producer Price Indexes, Australia methodology. ABS. https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/producer-price-indexes-australia-methodology/dec-2022.
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/3Bxx4Pcv2Ls
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
Mastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificant
Bart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
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45min

FAQs about Statistically Insignificant:

How many episodes does Statistically Insignificant have?

The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.