Statistical modeling determined that, someday, a human will be born who can consume 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes. In the mean time, use this data from hot dog eating contests to discuss scales of measurement, create data visualizations, and calculating measures of central tendancy.

Original Article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0096

Link to data: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/suppl/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0096

Blog Post: https://notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-only-data-set-youll-ever-need.html

Here at PsychSessions we are saddened to hear of Jerry Rudmann's recent death -- we mourn this tremendous loss, and our hearts go out to his family and his extensive network of friends. In his honor, we are rebroadcasting his initial PsychSessions interview, which was released as Episode 155 on October 11, 2022.

Explicit lessons: You can use AI to evaluate Instagram photos and determine the smiliest universities. Run an ANOVA to determine who has the happiest universities: US, UK, or Austraila. Discuss cultural differences in what we share online. Implicit knowlege: Anything you share on IG is free game for the data scrapers!

Blog Post: https://notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2023/03/can-we-use-instagram-to-estimate.html

Original Data: https://resume.io/blog/the-happiest-schools-in-the-us-uk-and-australia