Comedy, Art, and ... Statistics? | Stats + Stories: Episode 370

28/08/2025 26 min
Comedy, Art, and ... Statistics? | Stats + Stories: Episode 370

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Episode Synopsis

A statistician walks into a bar, and a comedy and art show begins. Creative work for scholars can extend beyond novel research and application. In today's episode of stats and stories, we see how the intersection between interest in statistics and art, as well as the intersection of statistics and comedy, with Dr Greg Matthews.

Dr. Matthews is Associate Professor of Statistics and Director of the Center for Data Science and Consulting at Loyola University. He also is a data artist who developed and promoted the Data Art Show, which debuted at the 2016 Joint Statistical Meetings. He performs with the Uncontrolled Variables comedy troupe at the Lincoln Lodge in Chicago and you can see his data art, links to his comedy performance, and much more at his website, Stats in the Wild.

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