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Rounding

Source: https://xkcd.com/2585/

For more details on how this rounding works, see https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2585:_Rounding.

John Quintanilla Algebra I, Humor Leave a comment April 7, 2023December 23, 2022 1 Minute

Selection Bias

Source: https://xkcd.com/2618/
John Quintanilla Humor, Statistics Leave a comment December 2, 2022May 25, 2022 1 Minute

Decorative Constants

Source: https://xkcd.com/2566/
John Quintanilla Algebra I, Humor Leave a comment July 15, 2022March 16, 2022 1 Minute

Constructing the Null and Alternate Hypotheses

Source: https://xkcd.com/2569/
John Quintanilla Humor, Statistics Leave a comment January 24, 2022January 18, 2022 1 Minute

Fun with units

Source: https://xkcd.com/2526/

John Quintanilla Humor, Physics Leave a comment December 10, 2021November 25, 2021 1 Minute

Bayes’ Theorem

Source: https://xkcd.com/2545/

John Quintanilla Humor, Statistics Leave a comment December 3, 2021November 25, 2021 1 Minute

Fun with statistical significance

Source: https://xkcd.com/2533/

John Quintanilla Humor, Statistics Leave a comment November 26, 2021November 25, 2021 1 Minute

Useful geometric formulas

Source: https://xkcd.com/2509/

Geometry textbooks always try to trick you by adding decorative stripes and dotted lines.

If you’re having trouble getting the formulas behind the joke, please see https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2509:_Useful_Geometry_Formulas.

John Quintanilla Geometry, Humor Leave a comment November 19, 2021September 15, 2021 1 Minute

Usefulness of Mathematical Symbols in a Fight

Source: https://xkcd.com/2343/

John Quintanilla Humor Leave a comment December 28, 2020August 9, 2020 1 Minute

Garbage math

I really liked xkcd’s take on numerical analysis and error propagation:

Source: https://xkcd.com/2295/

A good mathematical explanation of this comic can be found here: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2295:_Garbage_Math

John Quintanilla Chemistry, Physics Leave a comment November 30, 2020July 9, 2020 1 Minute

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