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“The story itself is not noteworthy,” emails reader Smike, “but I just loved the name of the award.” As do we all:

World Bank announces winners of first Innovation in Statistics Award

Posted by Tim B. on 04/15/2008 at 09:39 AM

  1. Tim Flannery, come on down.

    Posted by Nic on 2008 04 15 at 09:47 AM • permalink

  2. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
    sounds like PACO
    Nice words “quality of information” “local realities” but what do they mean?

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 04 15 at 10:10 AM • permalink

  3. What a rubbery set of figures ...

    Posted by egg_ on 2008 04 15 at 10:14 AM • permalink

  4. Statistical Survey Has
    Innovative, Tragic Results:

    May I offer these statistics:
    Hungry polar bears eat fish sticks;
    They will eat a whole damn package
    If they’re in the mood for snackage;
    And, we found, without permission
    They will eat a statistician.

    Posted by lyle on 2008 04 15 at 10:17 AM • permalink

  5. One Out of One Statistician
    Abandons Promising Survey:

    Nine times out of ten, I find,
    When I grab a girl’s behind,
    And claim, ‘Sorry, I am blind.’
    She will answer, ‘Never mind.’

    Every tenth girl mistrusts men
    So my survey stopped at ten;
    Ten said ‘Really?’ and she then
    Poked my eyes out with her pen.

    Posted by lyle on 2008 04 15 at 10:57 AM • permalink

  6. It’d be funnier if it wasn’t so sad.

    Posted by aaron_ on 2008 04 15 at 12:22 PM • permalink

  7. Guess I won’t hold my breath for the “Innovations in effective allocation of resources consistent with our mission statement.”

    Thought not.

    Posted by yojimbo on 2008 04 15 at 12:28 PM • permalink

  8. It would have been a bit obvious to call it the “Cooking The Books” award.

    #4
    I hope the plastic wrapping was removed first!

    #5
    Owch!

    Posted by kae on 2008 04 15 at 06:23 PM • permalink

  9. #5 One of your best Lyle

    Posted by PeterTB on 2008 04 16 at 07:34 AM • permalink

  10. There is a 72% chance that the 38th percentile level of the third cohort correlates well with the model’s prediction.  Hence the climate will change.

    Posted by Dave in Chicago on 2008 04 16 at 09:01 AM • permalink

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