![]() Featured articles Numbers Guy: Both Sides in Gun Debate Push Dubious Data, April 20, 2007 The Virginia Tech shootings have reignited the U.S. gun-control debate, and advocates on both sides are using questionable numbers to support their arguments. I take a closer look at some of these numbers. Plus, a related blog post. (More Numbers Guy columns.) Numbers Guy: I'll Take 'Probability' for $2,400, Alex: Odds of Three-Way Tie, April 6, 2007 The first-ever three-way tie on "Jeopardy" led the game show's distributor to label the probability 1 in 25 million. But would it really take 75,000 years for another three-way tie? Not likely. Plus, a related blog post. (More Numbers Guy columns.) Last update: July 2007 |