Published inTowards Data ScienceAn Introduction to Statistical Sampling“If you try it, you might wanna buy it.”Dec 11, 20244Dec 11, 20244
Published inTowards Data ScienceThe Cramér–Rao BoundYou can’t always get what you wantOct 22, 20242Oct 22, 20242
Published inTowards Data ScienceFisher Information: A Clinical Dissection of an Enigmatic ConceptCan you guess the true fraction of yellow M&Ms in the universe?Oct 8, 20244Oct 8, 20244
Published inTowards Data ScienceHow Biased is Your Regression Model?A deep dive into the causes, effects, and remedies for bias in regression modelsSep 13, 20243Sep 13, 20243
Published inTowards Data ScienceNonresponse Bias: How the Silent Majority Decided an Election, and Sunk a Beloved PublisherAn intro to a statistical bias that makes its brutal presence felt through a complete absence of dataAug 27, 20243Aug 27, 20243
Published inTowards Data ScienceOmitted Variable BiasAn intro to an especially sneaky bias that invades many regression modelsAug 6, 20242Aug 6, 20242
Published inTowards Data ScienceUnderstanding Conditional Probability and Bayes’ TheoremA primer on two concepts that form the substrate of regression analysisJul 18, 20242Jul 18, 20242
Published inTowards Data ScienceHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Partial Autocorrelation CoefficientBeyond the obvious titular tribute to Dr. Strangelove, we’ll learn how to use the PACF to select the most influential regression variables…Jun 26, 20242Jun 26, 20242
Published inTowards Data ScienceStatistical Convergence and its ConsequencesA story about convergence of random variables set within the extraordinary voyage of the NimrodMay 15, 20242May 15, 20242
Published inTowards Data ScienceA Proof of the Central Limit TheoremIf you like chocolate, this proof will feel like the multi-layered magic of a Mars barApr 2, 20248Apr 2, 20248