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A month of statistics for people who skipped it

AMArjun Mehta
AMArjun Mehta@arjun

I work with spreadsheets all day and realized I didn't really understand averages. This fixed that.

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Updated Jun 12, 2026

7 things, ranked

1

Seeing Theory

seeing-theory.brown.edu

Interactive visuals. Start here before any textbook.

3

OpenIntro Statistics

openintro.org

Free textbook that doesn't assume you remember calculus.

5

Regression toward the mean

en.wikipedia.org

7

Bayes' theorem

en.wikipedia.org

2

Khan Academy: Statistics and probability

khanacademy.org

4

How to Lie with Statistics

en.wikipedia.org

From 1954, still describes half the charts on the news.

6

Simpson's paradox

en.wikipedia.org

The one that made me distrust every aggregate number for a week.

1

Seeing Theory

seeing-theory.brown.edu

Interactive visuals. Start here before any textbook.

4

How to Lie with Statistics

en.wikipedia.org

From 1954, still describes half the charts on the news.

7

Bayes' theorem

en.wikipedia.org

2

Khan Academy: Statistics and probability

khanacademy.org

5

Regression toward the mean

en.wikipedia.org

3

OpenIntro Statistics

openintro.org

Free textbook that doesn't assume you remember calculus.

6

Simpson's paradox

en.wikipedia.org

The one that made me distrust every aggregate number for a week.

1

Seeing Theory

seeing-theory.brown.edu

Interactive visuals. Start here before any textbook.

3

OpenIntro Statistics

openintro.org

Free textbook that doesn't assume you remember calculus.

5

Regression toward the mean

en.wikipedia.org

7

Bayes' theorem

en.wikipedia.org

2

Khan Academy: Statistics and probability

khanacademy.org

4

How to Lie with Statistics

en.wikipedia.org

From 1954, still describes half the charts on the news.

6

Simpson's paradox

en.wikipedia.org

The one that made me distrust every aggregate number for a week.

1

Seeing Theory

seeing-theory.brown.edu

Interactive visuals. Start here before any textbook.

4

How to Lie with Statistics

en.wikipedia.org

From 1954, still describes half the charts on the news.

7

Bayes' theorem

en.wikipedia.org

2

Khan Academy: Statistics and probability

khanacademy.org

5

Regression toward the mean

en.wikipedia.org

3

OpenIntro Statistics

openintro.org

Free textbook that doesn't assume you remember calculus.

6

Simpson's paradox

en.wikipedia.org

The one that made me distrust every aggregate number for a week.

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