Fun Data Posts

I discovered this first little post through Marginal Revolution. Glancing at the original piece, the trend is not as clear at MIT. Factoring in the issue with small sample size and selection bias (What kind of people want to reveal their sexual behavior to these guys anyways?), I’m not sure what someone might get out of this besides fun conversation at the dinner table. In any case, I’m glad these Wellesley math majors came through.

This post was another neat piece I found through the Ambrosini Critique. It’s a surprising statistic, but what a blogger said in the comments makes sense: In the past, only the best and brightest were going to college. Meanwhile, most people entered the work force after High School. Nowadays, more people are going to college before going to work. As a result, the average IQ has decreased. This data begs the question of what IQ actually measures. Does this signify something about the quality of education as well?

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