Still Clueless

I read Freakonomics last night.

While I still haven't a clue what the gross domestic product is, I'm all up on trends in California baby names.

It was an enjoyable read, enlightening and thought provoking in certain ways. Mostly it made me wish I'd taken a serious stats class instead of that formal logic class that almost killed me. The explanations rely pretty heavily on regression analysis and I'd like to understand the technique better -- as in, manipulate a bunch of data with it myself to see what kind of true and/or crazy answers I get.

Lies, damn lies, and statistics. Don't you love them?

Comments

[centinel]

I've always considered sludge to be a gross domestic product.

[Citations]

Gross is right.