{"72616":{"#nid":"72616","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ludovice to Host a Humorous Look at Statistics on Nov. 11 in Library","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s very\nown funny man Associate Professor Pete Ludovice will present his one-man show\nusing humor to illustrate the value of statistics in our data-driven world Nov.\n11 in the Georgia Tech Library.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Feel the Power\nof the Dork Side\u0022 is a funny and educational presentation on basic\nstatistics following a 20-30 minute period of collecting real-time data from\nthe audience for use in the statistical calculations. Ludovice guarantees the\nshow will make 63.1 \u00b1 3.4% of you laugh until you cry and teach you to never\ntrust a number without an error bar on it. \u0022Feel the Power of the Dork\nSide\u0022 starts at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11 in the Library East Commons.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe audience can get\ninvolved by taking a survey on their smartphones before the show. Ludovice will\ntake his one-man show on the road for the New Orleans Fringe Festival November\n16-19.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELudovice lectures\ninternationally on the use of humor in technical communication and education.\nHe conducts research with the Improvisation for Design of Engineering\nAlternatives, a group of Tech researchers who apply the techniques of\nimprovisational humor to technical innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoin Ludovice at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11 in the Georgia Tech Library\u2019s East\nCommons for \u201cFeel the Power of the Dork Side.\u201d For more information, visit\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.drpetecomedy.com\/dorkside. \u0022\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.drpetecomedy.com\/dorkside\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.drpetecomedy.com\/dorkside\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.drpetecomedy.com\/dorkside\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Professor\/Comedian Adds Humor to Statistics"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0022Feel the Power of the Dork Side\u0022 is a\nfunny and educational presentation on basic statistics following a 20-30 minute\nperiod of collecting real-time data from the audience for use in the\nstatistical calculations.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s very own funny man Associate Professor Pete Ludovice will present his one-man show using humor to illustrate the value of statistics in our data-driven world Nov. 11 in the Georgia Tech Library."}],"uid":"27508","created_gmt":"2011-11-10 12:26:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:38","author":"Tearanny Street","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72610":{"id":"72610","type":"image","title":"Feel the Power of the Dork Side","body":null,"created":"1449177942","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:42","changed":"1475894661","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:21","alt":"Feel the Power of the Dork Side","file":{"fid":"193688","name":"lightsabersmall.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lightsabersmall_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lightsabersmall_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":112643,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lightsabersmall_0.jpg?itok=gRCAScUf"}}},"media_ids":["72610"],"groups":[{"id":"47240","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETearanny Street\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 385-0701\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tearanny.street@library.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}