Sachin DateinTowards Data ScienceUnderstanding Conditional Probability and Bayes’ TheoremA primer on two concepts that form the substrate of regression analysisJul 182Jul 182
Sachin DateinTowards 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 262Jun 262
Sachin DateinTowards Data ScienceStatistical Convergence and its ConsequencesA story about convergence of random variables set within the extraordinary voyage of the NimrodMay 152May 152
Sachin DateinTowards Data ScienceA Proof of the Central Limit TheoremIf you like chocolate, this proof will feel like the multi-layered magic of a Mars barApr 28Apr 28
Sachin DateinTowards Data SciencePierre-Simon Laplace, Inverse Probability, and the Central Limit TheoremOn Laplace’s brilliant solution to inverse probability and his discovery of the Central Limit TheoremMar 5Mar 5
Sachin DateinTowards Data ScienceAbraham De Moivre, His Famous Theorem, and the Birth of the Normal CurveThe life and times of Abraham De Moivre, his famous theorem, and how it set the stage for the discovery of the Central Limit TheoremFeb 132Feb 132
Sachin DateinTowards Data ScienceOn Jacob Bernoulli, the Law of Large Numbers, and the Origins of the Central Limit TheoremAn exploration of the Weak Law of Large Numbers and the Central Limit Theorem through the long lens of historyJan 232Jan 232
Sachin DateinTowards Data ScienceA New Look at the Central Limit TheoremIts definition, its many applications, its deep connection with inverse probability, and a glimpse at its historyJan 82Jan 82
Sachin DateinTowards Data ScienceThe Markov and the Bienaymé–Chebyshev InequalitiesA deep dive into the meaning of the two bounds and into the remarkable series of happenings that led to their discoverySep 12, 20233Sep 12, 20233
Sachin DateinTowards Data ScienceUnraveling the Law of Large NumbersThe LLN is interesting as much for what it does not say as for what it doesJul 12, 20234Jul 12, 20234