For those of you new to me and my website, let me catch you up really quick. I am a scientist, a data person, an exerciser, and a teacher; both by training and by trade. The surprising thing about this is that I never actually saw myself going this way
If you are not part of the data science community, and you hear one of us casually drop a line like "Correlation does not equal causation, y'know..." and you feel the instinct to roll your eyes and ignore whatever they say next... I hear you. What
In part 1, we looked at how the average, usually the mean average, is used and misused in news headlines and in public discussions of big world issues (health, finance, society in general, etc...). In part 2, I introduced the importance of standard deviation, showing the spread of data, and
Last time we talked about the most misused descriptive statistic there is, the all-powerful average. Today, we take a quick look at the descriptive statistics you don't see in the news that much and give us a much better picture of the data: Skewness and Standard Deviation. What
The Discomfort If you’ve ever asked someone what they do for a living and gotten an answer like “I work in statistics” or “I do data science,” you’ve probably seen the look: a blank stare, or the polite smile that means “that sounds complicated and I’m not
For decades we have been trying to build computers which could perform the same functions as our own brains. What we started with were machines that could perform one single function, namely numerical calculation, up to and beyond our own ability. The calculator was basically an electronic abacus, and given
There is a degree of ritual I follow as I put on my handwraps before sparring or hitting the heavy bag. The scientific side of my brain tells me this ritual is largely cosmetic and does not do anything to improve my form or technique, my power or pace. But
Almost 5 years ago I moved to Champaign, Illinois, to start a PhD in Kinesiology. I arrived in a new country, to live on a new continent (not my first time) with a backpack, a suitcase and wide-eyed ambitions to save the world (in my own way). In 2020, the
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