Tag Archives: statistics

Anecdotes et statistiques

Posted on 05.04.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[en]NNT explains very well (in The Black Swan) that anecdotes trump statistics. Giving numbers does not convince people deep down, sadly. Stories do. (Just think how scared many are of flying, or of sexual predators online, and you’ll see the … Continue reading →

Posted in Understanding life and the world | Tagged ald09, Anecdotes, exemple, femmes, histoire, modèle, narrative fallacy, narrativité, nnt, Psychology / Sociology, statistics, taleb, the black swan, women | 2 Comments

Twitter Metrics: Let’s Remain Scientific, Please!

Posted on 27.04.2008 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]On ne peut pas prendre deux mesures au hasard, en faire un rapport, et espérer qu’il ait un sens. Un peu de rigueur scientifique, que diable![en]10.02.2011: Seesmic recently took its video service down. I have the videos but need to … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media and the Web | Tagged conversationalindex, measuring, metrics, science, Social Software, social tools, statistics, twitter, twitternoise, video | 18 Comments

Reading The Black Swan

Posted on 15.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Notes de lecture de “The Black Swan”, sur l’impact des événements hautement improbables.[en]One of the things I did yesterday during my time offline was read a sizeable chunk of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged blackswan, book, Books, essay, fear, impact, improbable, life, notes, philosophy, probability, Psychology / Sociology, reading, society, statistics, taleb | 6 Comments

Most People Are Multilingual

Posted on 11.08.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Une clarification de ce que j’entends par “la plupart des gens sont multilingues”. Multilingues au sens large.[en]In a comment to my last post, Marie-Aude says I’m being a bit optimistic by stating that “most people are multilingual”. I’d like to … Continue reading →

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged foreign, knowledge, language, languages, Languages / Linguistics, learning, linguistics, multilingual, people, statistics, understanding, world | 13 Comments