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When Losing Is Winning: An Exploratory Analysis of Data from The Biggest Loser

February 21, 2017

By Mary Richardson and Daniel Adrian Students should be exposed to current and interesting data sets. Most, if not all, will have at least some familiarity with The Biggest Loser television show. Portions of the following discussion have been adapted from Wikipedia, visited on July 2, 2016. The Biggest Loser is an American reality TV show that debuted on NBC on … [Read more...] about When Losing Is Winning: An Exploratory Analysis of Data from The Biggest Loser

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