Statistics reveal a prescription drug epidemic

After the tragically early death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman last month, Carlos Grajales finds that the statistics reveal a prescription drug epidemic in the US. Can you believe that in 2010 drug overdose caused more deaths than motor vehicle traffic crashes.

http://www.statisticsviews.com/details/news/6019631/Statistics-reveal-a-prescription-drug-epidemic.html

Movies and Statistics

It’s Oscars season again, so why shouldn't statisticians enjoy this movie fever...

Here is some number crunching with IMDb data, using R..
http://www.r-bloggers.com/predicting-movie-ratings-with-imdb-data-and-r/

Some tools on predicting Academy Awards..
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-985X.2007.00518.x/abstract

Why You Should Always Get The Bigger Pizza

When one looks at thousands of pizza prices, one can see that you almost always get a much, much better deal when you buy a bigger pizza.The math of why bigger pizzas are such a good deal is simple: A pizza is a circle, and the area of a circle increases with the square of the radius.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/02/26/282132576/74-476-reasons-you-should-always-get-the-bigger-pizza

Job Trends in the Analytics Market

This article presents various ways of measuring the popularity or market share of software for analytics including R, SAS, SPSS etc. It's interesting to note that analytics jobs for SPSS have not changed much over the years, while those for R have been steadily increasing. The jobs for R finally crossed over and exceeded those for SPSS toward the middle of 2012.

http://www.r-bloggers.com/job-trends-in-the-analytics-market-new-improved-now-fortified-with-c-java-matlab-python-julia-and-many-more/

Princeton vs Facebook

Whoa!!! it seems two biggies here had a tussle. When Princeton claimed rapid decline in Facebook, Facebook retorted by debunking Princeton. Enjoy reading and don't forget to take away the message that how cautious one should be while doing data analysis..

http://flowingdata.com/2014/01/24/facebook-debunks-princeton-study/

Here are some third party views on this debate:

http://www.r-bloggers.com/princeton-vs-facebook-modeling-contagion/
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/facebook-is-10-whats-next-for-the-social-network-9104592.html

Does commuting affect our well-being?

Does commuting affect our well-being? Definitely according to the Office for National Statistics!

Data analysis from the Annual Population Survey revealed that commuting has a negative impact on personal well-being with the worst effects on happiness and anxiety. Read more at:

http://www.statisticsviews.com/details/news/5838091/Does-commuting-affect-our-well-being.html