The Skeptical Statistician

Let's talk about elections.
Primary/caucus season officially starts today with the Iowa, and it's been a somewhat different type of primary pre-season. Put simply, not a whole lot has really gone as expected. Particularly, a number of candidates have maintained strong momentum...

Let's start with a clear admission. I have watched Ancient Aliens before. I have watched lots of it before, in fact.
That is not to say that I believe that any of the content is accurate any more than I believe that Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is an accurate telling of how the Napoleonic Wars played out. The draw for me, at least, is still present, even if simply...

There are data everywhere.
I'm constantly looking for it, and I'm constantly compiling it. A lot of this compilation doesn't really go anywhere, other than having some data, and maybe having a slightly different way to think about something.
Today, let's talk about one of these random data compilations (not a compilation of random data, though), because why not....

Yes, it's a Ylvis pun. That out of the way, the rest of this is another post about video games.
This one is about the video game Destiny, and one of the NPCs (non-player characters) that sells items to player characters. If you play Destiny you have probably figured out that I'm talking about Xur. If you haven't played Destiny, you've by now figured...