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 post: A good example of how to appropriately report relative and absolute risk without scaring anyone. This one pairs well with my examples that show how NOT to report on relative and absolute risks.
ALSO lay off the sugary sodas.
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-go...
ALSO lay off the sugary sodas.
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-go...
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
New post: A good example of how to appropriately report relative and absolute risk without scaring anyone. This one pairs well with my examples that show how NOT to report on relative and absolute risks.
ALSO lay off the sugary sodas.
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-go...
ALSO lay off the sugary sodas.
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-go...
New blog post: z scores provide evidence that members of British parliament may be using ChatGPT to write their speeches. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/11/z-sc...
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
New blog post: z scores provide evidence that members of British parliament may be using ChatGPT to write their speeches. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/11/z-sc...
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...
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...
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 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
New blog post! Freshen up your regression, correlation, and/or ANOVA lectures with this positive psychology data...https://notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-wee-bit-of-positive-psychology-data.html
April 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New blog post! Freshen up your regression, correlation, and/or ANOVA lectures with this positive psychology data...https://notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-wee-bit-of-positive-psychology-data.html
A tiny little update to my post about funny ways of illustrating the limitations of regression: notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-...
February 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A tiny little update to my post about funny ways of illustrating the limitations of regression: notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-...
Hi! I'm giving a free talk on Friday. I'll be sharing some easy-to-implement, engaging ideas for teaching stats. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Hi! I'm giving a free talk on Friday. I'll be sharing some easy-to-implement, engaging ideas for teaching stats. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
❤️Sharing in case anyone else wants to add a little humor to their hypothesis testing introduction...Also, I wonder if my dissertation chairs working with graduate students feel like this some days.
January 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
❤️Sharing in case anyone else wants to add a little humor to their hypothesis testing introduction...Also, I wonder if my dissertation chairs working with graduate students feel like this some days.
I can't believe that I can finally share my book. I've worked so, so hard to make statistics accessible and entertaining for our students. Find your Norton rep here: wwnorton.com/find-your-rep. If you want to request a copy, go here: wwnorton.com/books/978132...
January 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I can't believe that I can finally share my book. I've worked so, so hard to make statistics accessible and entertaining for our students. Find your Norton rep here: wwnorton.com/find-your-rep. If you want to request a copy, go here: wwnorton.com/books/978132...
New blog post: Truncated y-axis example featuring female celebrities. Includes pocket-sized Sabrina Carpenter. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/12/trun...
December 22, 2024 at 8:19 PM
New blog post: Truncated y-axis example featuring female celebrities. Includes pocket-sized Sabrina Carpenter. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/12/trun...
New post! Teach mode by discussing the most common religion in each U.S. county.
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/12/moda...
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/12/moda...
December 16, 2024 at 1:52 AM
New post! Teach mode by discussing the most common religion in each U.S. county.
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/12/moda...
notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/12/moda...
My kids plus a neighbor taking advantage of the snow pile on our boulevard street. Reference: the kid on top is five feet tall.
December 1, 2024 at 8:01 PM
My kids plus a neighbor taking advantage of the snow pile on our boulevard street. Reference: the kid on top is five feet tall.
Anyone wanna guess what model of car this is? It is currently under a pile of lake effect snow in Eie, PA. Forecaster are calling for another foot of snow.
December 1, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Anyone wanna guess what model of car this is? It is currently under a pile of lake effect snow in Eie, PA. Forecaster are calling for another foot of snow.
Did everyone else know that The Golden Girls theme song is actually a whole song? With verses? This is what I learned from the Spotify Thanksgiving playlist.
November 28, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Did everyone else know that The Golden Girls theme song is actually a whole song? With verses? This is what I learned from the Spotify Thanksgiving playlist.
If you see this, please repost with a favorite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently.
November 16, 2024 at 1:12 PM
If you see this, please repost with a favorite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently.
Since discussion of social media platforms is in the air, I thought I would share this question from Chartr...
November 13, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Since discussion of social media platforms is in the air, I thought I would share this question from Chartr...
Hey. Here's the cover of my Psychological Stats textbook. For more information, see: seagull.wwnorton.com/statistics
November 10, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Hey. Here's the cover of my Psychological Stats textbook. For more information, see: seagull.wwnorton.com/statistics
View from a swing county in a swing state: I came into work early to find these taped up all over my building. Note the thoughtful use of painter's tape. The kids are alright.
November 4, 2024 at 11:32 AM
View from a swing county in a swing state: I came into work early to find these taped up all over my building. Note the thoughtful use of painter's tape. The kids are alright.
Happy Halloween!!
October 31, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Happy Halloween!!
One small blog post that introduces a website allowing you to turn your data into a GIF. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/09/turn...
September 12, 2024 at 10:58 PM
One small blog post that introduces a website allowing you to turn your data into a GIF. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/09/turn...
New post! Use the Merlin App to identify bird calls. Then, use it in class to demonstrate that anyone can be a citizen scientist. ALSO, the whole thing is a fast, accessible example of machine learning. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/05/citi...
May 4, 2024 at 11:15 PM
New post! Use the Merlin App to identify bird calls. Then, use it in class to demonstrate that anyone can be a citizen scientist. ALSO, the whole thing is a fast, accessible example of machine learning. notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/05/citi...
New Post: Explain the dangers of people acting like correlation = causation with this positive psychology example. No math, but it demonstrates how pop. psyc. can run with a correlation (see: Hygee). notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/03/corr...
March 10, 2024 at 2:29 AM
New Post: Explain the dangers of people acting like correlation = causation with this positive psychology example. No math, but it demonstrates how pop. psyc. can run with a correlation (see: Hygee). notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2024/03/corr...