Robert "Puddin' Head" Davidson and Robert "Moe-Bob" Gardner are working on a project to use the films of the Three Stooges as a source of data for use in the introductory statistics class (at ETSU, this is Introduction to Probability and Statistics, MATH 1530). This webpage includes links to several online resources related to this project.

The first part of the project involves hypothesis testing. The following resources by Davidson and Gardner involve this component:

• On January 28, 2008, an ETSU Math Department Seminar was given by Davidson and Gardner. This seminar was the first public presentation of the ideas from this project. An advertisement for the seminar is available as a webpage and as a Word document. The PowerPoint component of the presentation is available here.
• On February 15, 2008, Davidson and Gardner presented "Using the Three Stooges as a Data-Source for Motivation of Statistics Students" at the 15th Georgia Conference On College & University Teaching at Kennesaw State University. The online version contains all of the information presented at the conference, except for the several minutes of Stooges shorts which are referenced. The PowerPoint component of the presentation is available here.
• "Using the Three Stooges as a Data-Source for Motivation of Statistics Students" was presented again at the Upper East Tennessee Council of Teachers of Mathematics Final 2007-08 Meeting, April 2008 at ETSU. The PowerPoint component of the presentation is available here.
• "Using the Three Stooges as a Data-Source for Motivation of Statistics Students" was presented again at The Tennessee Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges at Northeast State Community College in April 2008. The PowerPoint component of the presentation is available here.
• The PowerPoint presentation used in class is available here.
• The data sheet on which students can record the relevant data is available as a Word document.
• The questionaire used to evaluate the Davidson-Gardner in-class presentation is available in PDF form. This questionaire is modeled after the ETSU "Student Assessment of Instruction" (SAI).
• An article at the popular level (devoid of equations) entitled Three Stooges in the College Classroom has been submitted to The Three Stooges Journal, published by the Three Stooges Fan Club.
• An article describing this project is submitted to the journal Teaching Statistics. A copy of the article is available in Word: Hypothesis Testing Using the Films of the Three Stooges.

The following are related resources by others:

• This project is reviewed here by Ivars Peterson in his MAA Online column "The Mathematical Tourist."
• Gary Lassin runs The Stoogeum in Gwenydd Valley, Pennsylvania. He is president of the Three Stooges Fan Club.
• The Three Stooges Official Website is hosted by Comedy III Productions, Inc. This company was founded by the Stooges themselves and owns the copyright on "The Three Stooges" brand name (though not on the shorts filmed at Columbia Pictures). This company also runs the Official Fan Club.
• A nice unoffical fan website is available here.
• Another unofficial site is The Lunkhead's Place.
• The Three Stooges Online Filography includes a comprehensive list of the Stooges work.
• A website devoted exclusively to Shemp is ShempCompany.com.
• StoogeWorld has lots of information on Stooges collectables and merchandise from over the years.
• 3-Stooges.com is a nice, informative site.

Return to Bob Gardner's webpage.