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Bob Griffin sent a link to:

A statistical analysis of the work of Bob Ross
by Walt Hickey, FiveThirtyEightLife blog, 14 April 2014

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 ==Big data surprises==
-[http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303369904579423132072969654 Big data uncovers some weird correlations]<br>
+Bob Griffin sent a link to:
-by By Deborah Gage , ''Wall Street Journal'', 23 March 2014
-The article is subtitled "There's a Link Between Sales and Phases of the Moon, Among Other Things."  It includes the following graphic, which could qualify as a Forsooth!
+[http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-statistical-analysis-of-the-work-of-bob-ross/ A statistical analysis of the work of Bob Ross]<br>
+by Walt Hickey, FiveThirtyEightLife blog, 14 April 2014
-<center>[[File:MoonMetrics.jpg | 400px]]</center>
-Here is another example:
-<blockquote>
-The online lender ZestFinance Inc. found that people who fill out their loan applications using all capital letters default more often than people who use all lowercase letters, and more often still than people who use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly.
-<br><br>
-ZestFinance Chief Executive Douglas Merrill says the company looks at tens of thousands of signals when making a loan, and it doesn't consider the capital-letter factor as significant as some other factors—such as income when linked with expenses and the local cost of living.
-<br><br>
-So while it may take capital letters into consideration when evaluating an application, it hasn't held a loan up because of it.
-</blockquote>
-Submitted by Paul Alper