#xkcd 3262

[todays-xkcd]

The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote.

Sports Commentary [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[Cueball and Ponytail are sitting at a table, looking at the wall behind them. On the wall is a screen showing a soccer field with some mostly unreadable score information above it. The only readable information is that the score is 2-1.] Cueball: They could be in trouble. Over the last 36 years, they've gone 0 for 2 when they've scored in the 37th minute to lead 2-1 against a team whose country comes before theirs alphabetically.

[Caption below comic:] I wish sports commentators hadn't discovered p-hacking.