September 20, 2012

Or perhaps they just can’t sleep

The Herald tells us

Having a purple bedroom could enhance your sex life, according to a new study.

with red and sky blue coming in next in line.  Beige/white/grey colours are apparently at the bottom of the list. We aren’t told anything about how the survey was done, but we are told it was sponsored by UK retailer Littlewoods, who would be happy to help you redecorate.   If the association were true, it would almost certainly be in the opposite direction, but there isn’t much reason for us to believe it’s true.

In fact, it doesn’t seem as if even Littlewoods really believe their survey. If you look at their decorating suggestions pages, the bedrooms are mostly pale and beigey, with the colours suggested for kids’ bedrooms.

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Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »