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Sharon Lohr — Blog

Sharon Lohr researches and writes about statistics: where they come from, how to interpret them, and how to tell the good statistics from the bad.

  • By Sharon Lohr
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly eight posts per year
  • First post on

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Oct 2021 2
Nov 2021 0
Dec 2021 2
Jan 2022 1
Feb 2022 1
Mar 2022 0
Apr 2022 1
May 2022 1
Jun 2022 0
Jul 2022 0
Aug 2022 0
Sep 2022 0
Oct 2022 1
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Dec 2022 1
Jan 2023 1
Feb 2023 0
Mar 2023 1
Apr 2023 0
May 2023 0
Jun 2023 0
Jul 2023 1
Aug 2023 1
Sep 2023 1
Oct 2023 1
Nov 2023 1
Dec 2023 0

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Most recent posts

Crime Statistics 2022: Interpreting the Trends
Time for my annual update on the newly released annual national crime statistics. Last year, I reported on homicide statistics from the CDC and nonfatal violent crime statistics from the National Crime Victimization Survey. I …
On , by Sharon Lohr, 2,441 words
Statistical Thinking: A Core Skill for Career Success
The article “3 core skills to master for career success” in the Fall 2023 issue of ASU Thrive Magazine lists the major skills that employers look for in new graduates:Critical thinking, which “involves analyzing data …
On , by Sharon Lohr, 598 words
How Voltaire Used Probability Theory to Support His Philosophy Career
My last post talked about Voltaire’s comment “the perfect is the enemy of the good” as applied to statistics. Voltaire was a prolific author, whose complete works comprise 205 volumes. In the 18th century, however, …
On , by Sharon Lohr, 715 words