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Regression to the Mean Girls

Published by Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan

  • Science
  • Mathematics

This is Regression to the Mean Girls where we chat with brilliant data people about their silliest side quests. We’re mean, as in average, but actually very nice! Come sit with us!

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  1. Number 11MathematicsCanada
  2. Number 16MathematicsUnited Kingdom
  3. Number 12MathematicsUnited States

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  1. The Comfort of Competence and the Speed of Justice, According to Law & Order, with Christine Zhang from Regression to the Mean Girls, opens in a new tab

    Sep 14, 20261 hr 13 min

    Christine Zhang ( New York Times ) joins ⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into the TV show Law and Order . Check out the full analysis here: ⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠ Links to content we chat about on the episode: Wrong Number newsletter The Speed of Justice, According to Law & Order Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeangirls

  2. The Work Is Mysterious and Important: Severance Data from Regression to the Mean Girls, opens in a new tab

    Sep 7, 202642 min

    ⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠ and ⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠ return with a data-driven side quest into the TV show Severance . Lucy analyzes whether Milchick really uses more complicated language than his colleagues. Check out the full analysis here: ⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠ Links to content we chat about on the episode: ⁠ Lucy's Severance data R package [mdr] ⁠ ⁠ Lucy's other Severance analyses ⁠ ⁠ Dunnet ⁠ ⁠ Radial plot of who is speaking in Severance ⁠ Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeangirls

  3. Romance by the Numbers: First Sparks Across Tropes from Regression to the Mean Girls, opens in a new tab

    Aug 31, 202656 min

    Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan introduce Regression to the Mean Girls , a podcast about data-driven side quests in pop culture. In this episode, Sarah analyzes 45 recent romance novels to find out how different romance tropes affect the timing of the couple’s first kiss. Check out the full analysis here: https://regressiontothemeangirls.com/ Links to content we chat about on the episode: Edward L. Kaplan and the Kaplan-Meier Survival Curve Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations Not just love, actually: why romance fiction is booming What is the lipstick index? Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeansgirls

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Observed September 20, 2026.

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