University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Statistics

Finding alternate software

A couple years ago I wrote a short note on another blog (DNA.today – link below) about a web site that can be quite useful: it provides the name of alternate software. The site is: alternativeto.net For example, if you cannot afford Adobe PhotoShop you would be glad to find an alternative in “Gimp” (GNU Image Manipulation Program.)  The …

How to spot a misleading graph?

As biochemists and biologists, like all scientists we convey results in the form of graphs. We also read papers that present results. More generally graphs are used in many aspects of every day news… The following YouTube video from Ted-Ed shows stunning examples on how our perception can be manipulated when graphs are created with obvious …