Statistics Professor Hides Pictures, Messages in Problem Solutions

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Students who solve a statistics problem correctly see images like this one appear on their computer screens. Credit: NC State University
Students who solve a statistics problem correctly see images like this one appear on their computer screens. Credit: NC State University

Say you’re an aspiring statistician who has just spent hours trying to figure out the answer to a particularly thorny problem. As you plug the final numbers into the computer program you’re running in order to confirm your analysis, an image takes shape on the screen: Homer Simpson, working a problem on a blackboard. What would your reaction be?


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