Dr. Jess Hartnett
@notawfuljess.bsky.social
Social Psychologist at Gannon University. I love teaching stats.
Work: https://ww4.gannon.edu/facultyprofiles.aspx?profile=hartnett004
Blog: https://notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/
Book: https://seagull.wwnorton.com/statistics
Work: https://ww4.gannon.edu/facultyprofiles.aspx?profile=hartnett004
Blog: https://notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/
Book: https://seagull.wwnorton.com/statistics
New statsy teaching post! A question for your students: Do the 37 variants of Taylor Swift's Life of a Showgirl album violate the statistical assumption of independence when charting album sales? notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/11/does...
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New statsy teaching post! A question for your students: Do the 37 variants of Taylor Swift's Life of a Showgirl album violate the statistical assumption of independence when charting album sales? notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/11/does...
New post: This silly example captures Goodhart's Law better than anything else I've ever seen. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-me...
A memorable example of Goodhart's Law for all of my psychometric/assessment instructors.
Blog teaching statistics funny examples how to teach statistics and research methods engaging modern memorable
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New post: This silly example captures Goodhart's Law better than anything else I've ever seen. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-me...
I made donations to our on-campus food pantry. What are you going to do?
our governor, brian kemp, is refusing to use georgia’s record surplus to cover the SNAP gap.
i’m headed out to load up on walmart gift cards and foodstuffs to donate for families that need help. what r u doing to help today? share your story to peer pressure others
i’m headed out to load up on walmart gift cards and foodstuffs to donate for families that need help. what r u doing to help today? share your story to peer pressure others
November 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I made donations to our on-campus food pantry. What are you going to do?
Reposted by Dr. Jess Hartnett
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
OF COURSE I have a Google Presentation dedicated to spooky stats jokes. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2021/10/hall...
October 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
OF COURSE I have a Google Presentation dedicated to spooky stats jokes. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2021/10/hall...
Life is hard but Brandi Carlisle just released a amazing album, so there is at least that going for you.
October 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Life is hard but Brandi Carlisle just released a amazing album, so there is at least that going for you.
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Monty Python understood p-hacking
October 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Monty Python understood p-hacking
That feeling when I use my own blog to teach my own classes. Specifically, I'm using this post about Mr. Beast to introduce the idea of UX testing: notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2023/10/that...
October 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
That feeling when I use my own blog to teach my own classes. Specifically, I'm using this post about Mr. Beast to introduce the idea of UX testing: notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2023/10/that...
New post! Use this interactive bee swarm plot from
@flowingdata.com to teach percentiles, median, the importance of government data, and discuss career aspirations with your students.
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/09/perc...
@flowingdata.com to teach percentiles, median, the importance of government data, and discuss career aspirations with your students.
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/09/perc...
Percentiles, bee swarm plots, Bureau of Labor Statistics data...so many lessons in one interactive chart.
Blog teaching statistics funny examples how to teach statistics and research methods engaging modern memorable
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
New post! Use this interactive bee swarm plot from
@flowingdata.com to teach percentiles, median, the importance of government data, and discuss career aspirations with your students.
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/09/perc...
@flowingdata.com to teach percentiles, median, the importance of government data, and discuss career aspirations with your students.
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/09/perc...
Dear stats friends: I want to do a blog post about this: www.pimlicojournal.co.uk/p/mps-are-al...
I am having trouble figuring out where the z scores came from. Like, ofc, I know what a z score is, but I'm not following where the M and SD came from for each phrase/word...any ideas?
I am having trouble figuring out where the z scores came from. Like, ofc, I know what a z score is, but I'm not following where the M and SD came from for each phrase/word...any ideas?
MPs are almost certainly using ChatGPT to generate Commons speeches
A statistical analysis, and some tell-tale signs
www.pimlicojournal.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Dear stats friends: I want to do a blog post about this: www.pimlicojournal.co.uk/p/mps-are-al...
I am having trouble figuring out where the z scores came from. Like, ofc, I know what a z score is, but I'm not following where the M and SD came from for each phrase/word...any ideas?
I am having trouble figuring out where the z scores came from. Like, ofc, I know what a z score is, but I'm not following where the M and SD came from for each phrase/word...any ideas?
New Blog Post: Use this cooking analogy to explain family-wise error. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New Blog Post: Use this cooking analogy to explain family-wise error. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com
Reposted by Dr. Jess Hartnett
Are you an instructor who wants to build your students’ comprehension in your psych course? Join @notawfuljess.bsky.social on Wednesday to learn how you can transition to a conceptual-first approach that builds students' skills using all the now-available resources.
Register here: bit.ly/4lAsSfO
Register here: bit.ly/4lAsSfO
August 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Are you an instructor who wants to build your students’ comprehension in your psych course? Join @notawfuljess.bsky.social on Wednesday to learn how you can transition to a conceptual-first approach that builds students' skills using all the now-available resources.
Register here: bit.ly/4lAsSfO
Register here: bit.ly/4lAsSfO
Stats matter. A lot. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republicans slam Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief
President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown were ‘rigged’ to make him look bad
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Stats matter. A lot. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Dr. Jess Hartnett
This is our first data page with this feature, and you’ll see more of these across many different topics in the coming weeks.
Building this feature was truly a team effort. Let us know what you think! And give it a try here: ourworldindata.org/grapher/vacc...
Building this feature was truly a team effort. Let us know what you think! And give it a try here: ourworldindata.org/grapher/vacc...
Childhood vaccination coverage - by vaccine
An interactive visualization from Our World in Data.
ourworldindata.org
July 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is our first data page with this feature, and you’ll see more of these across many different topics in the coming weeks.
Building this feature was truly a team effort. Let us know what you think! And give it a try here: ourworldindata.org/grapher/vacc...
Building this feature was truly a team effort. Let us know what you think! And give it a try here: ourworldindata.org/grapher/vacc...
Reposted by Dr. Jess Hartnett
Guess what? @notawfuljess.bsky.social and I did a joint blog post 😀 You can use it to teach ethics, scientific self-correction, NHST, human rights violations, & more.
We both hope you find it useful.
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/07/repa...
We both hope you find it useful.
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/07/repa...
Repairing past research injustices (a joint post with Jess Hartnett!)
This is a joint blog post by two W.W. Norton & Co. authors (and pals): Beth Morling and Jess Hartnett. We first “met” through our blogs and social media years ago (Beth's blog on teaching RM, which yo...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Guess what? @notawfuljess.bsky.social and I did a joint blog post 😀 You can use it to teach ethics, scientific self-correction, NHST, human rights violations, & more.
We both hope you find it useful.
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/07/repa...
We both hope you find it useful.
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/07/repa...
Reposted by Dr. Jess Hartnett
Can you imagine the infantile, superficial, and profane Donald Trump talking about his faith in such an eloquent and heartfelt manner?
They hate Stephen Colbert because he is an authentic version of what they pretend to be.
They hate Stephen Colbert because he is an authentic version of what they pretend to be.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
July 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Can you imagine the infantile, superficial, and profane Donald Trump talking about his faith in such an eloquent and heartfelt manner?
They hate Stephen Colbert because he is an authentic version of what they pretend to be.
They hate Stephen Colbert because he is an authentic version of what they pretend to be.
Check out this new blog post. YouGov measured summer activities that everyone loves, or just younguns love. This accessible example explains paired t-tests w sig and non-sig differences. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-qu...
A quick, accessible lesson on paired t-tests, featuring summer activities that people over 45 (me!) don't like.
Blog teaching statistics funny examples how to teach statistics and research methods engaging modern memorable
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Check out this new blog post. YouGov measured summer activities that everyone loves, or just younguns love. This accessible example explains paired t-tests w sig and non-sig differences. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-qu...
Reposted by Dr. Jess Hartnett
Britons are more regular swearers than Australians or Americans, but what are their top swear words?
Britons
F*ck: 67% use regularly
Sh*t: 65%
Bloody: 54%
Australians
Sh*t: 61%
F*ck: 56%
Bullsh*t: 52%
Americans
Damn: 55%
Sh*t: 54%
F*ck: 47%
👇 more in chart below
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Britons
F*ck: 67% use regularly
Sh*t: 65%
Bloody: 54%
Australians
Sh*t: 61%
F*ck: 56%
Bullsh*t: 52%
Americans
Damn: 55%
Sh*t: 54%
F*ck: 47%
👇 more in chart below
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
July 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Britons are more regular swearers than Australians or Americans, but what are their top swear words?
Britons
F*ck: 67% use regularly
Sh*t: 65%
Bloody: 54%
Australians
Sh*t: 61%
F*ck: 56%
Bullsh*t: 52%
Americans
Damn: 55%
Sh*t: 54%
F*ck: 47%
👇 more in chart below
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Britons
F*ck: 67% use regularly
Sh*t: 65%
Bloody: 54%
Australians
Sh*t: 61%
F*ck: 56%
Bullsh*t: 52%
Americans
Damn: 55%
Sh*t: 54%
F*ck: 47%
👇 more in chart below
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
New Post! Hot off the presses, a curated list of research articles that contain both a) many student authors and b) many of the statistical tests we teach in Intro Stats. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/07/rous...
Rouse, Russel, & Campbell (2025) is basically a curated list of Psi Chi journals that are perfect for Intro Stats.
Blog teaching statistics funny examples how to teach statistics and research methods engaging modern memorable
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
New Post! Hot off the presses, a curated list of research articles that contain both a) many student authors and b) many of the statistical tests we teach in Intro Stats. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/07/rous...
New post: This one is short and timely. UFO sightings in America peak on the 4th of July. That's it. That is the whole post. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/07/ufo-...
UFO sightings peak on the Fourth of July. That's all.
Blog teaching statistics funny examples how to teach statistics and research methods engaging modern memorable
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
New post: This one is short and timely. UFO sightings in America peak on the 4th of July. That's it. That is the whole post. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/07/ufo-...
ICYMI: This explainer does a great job of visualizing and personalizing rank choice voting.
New blog post: This one hits differently during a heat wave. Explain rank choice voting to your students using ice cream flavor preference. This interactive explainer from @cnn.com was inspired by the NYC mayoral primaries. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/06/rank...
Rank choice voting, explained by CNN using ice cream
Blog teaching statistics funny examples how to teach statistics and research methods engaging modern memorable
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
ICYMI: This explainer does a great job of visualizing and personalizing rank choice voting.
Anyone else looking for a bit of professional development this summer? I'll see you there for this free event.
Good news, researchers and educators in #StatsEd! The RoSE 2025 e-conference registration has just opened up! Sign up for our free international conference happening July 31st here: bit.ly/roseconferen...
June 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Anyone else looking for a bit of professional development this summer? I'll see you there for this free event.
New blog post: This one hits differently during a heat wave. Explain rank choice voting to your students using ice cream flavor preference. This interactive explainer from @cnn.com was inspired by the NYC mayoral primaries. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/06/rank...
Rank choice voting, explained by CNN using ice cream
Blog teaching statistics funny examples how to teach statistics and research methods engaging modern memorable
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
New blog post: This one hits differently during a heat wave. Explain rank choice voting to your students using ice cream flavor preference. This interactive explainer from @cnn.com was inspired by the NYC mayoral primaries. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/06/rank...
