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Real datasets analyzed end to end — from messy import to a defensible conclusion.

Case Studies

The Penguin Paradox: How to Tell Three Species Apart When the Average Lies

344 real penguins, a bill correlation that runs backwards until you split by species, then a decision tree, random forest and PCA that classify three species at ~98% — no code.

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The Gap That Closed: 142 Countries, 55 Years, One Chart

Turn the most famous scatter in statistics into 142 connected trajectories and watch the development gap close — a full Gapminder analysis, no code, no animation.

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The Star Wars Map: A Whole Survey in One Chart

1,186 people, 14 characters, one chart. Correspondence Analysis maps a whole survey — and Jar Jar sits alone in the corner. No code.

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The Diamond Paradox: Why “Better” Diamonds Cost Less

53,940 real diamonds, three quality grades that all run backwards, and the charts, ANOVA, regression, PCA and decision tree that crack it — no code.

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Does the Drug Work? It Depends Who You Ask

2,139 patients in the ACTG 175 HIV trial: the overall average said the drug worked, one arm said it harmed, and the honest answer lived in the subgroups — paired t-test, effect size, responder rate, ANOVA, MANOVA and ANCOVA. No code.

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In Control AND Capable: The Number That Passes a Failing Process

A capability report says Ppk 1.36 — a pass. On 200 real piston-ring measurements, SPC control charts catch the drift that single number hides. The Six-Sigma rule: control before capability. No code.