Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Pre-order Humble Pi in the USA here:
bit.ly/humblepi

Watch Adam Savage announce his first book club!
youtube.com/watch?v=yr0M5a1eTW0

Huge thanks to Justin Matejka for taking the time to chat with me. They do some amazing work. Follow Justin on twitter!
twitter.com/JustinMatejka

Read all about Justin's plot and the Datasaurus Dozen here:
autodeskresearch.com/publications/samestats

Check out the full paper by Justin Matejka and George Fitzmaurice:
Same Stats, Different Graphs: Generating Datasets with Varied Appearance and Identical Statistics through Simulated Annealing
autodeskresearch.com/sites/default/files/SameStats-DifferentGraphs.pdf

The original Datasaurus plot was thanks to Alberto Cairo.
thefunctionalart.com/2016/08/download-datasaurus-never-trust-summary.html
albertocairo.com

The greater Toronto area had a population of 5,928,040 and mean age of 39.7 in the 2016 census. Check out all the data for yourself.
www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMACA&Code1=535&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1

Sorry, Think Maths have not made any teacher resources for this video, but check out their resources for all my other videos here: think-maths.co.uk/standupmaths-videos

CORRECTIONS
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