Statistics

Mark Rober, who is great at explaining and demonstrating math and engineering to…

In some public places, such as schools and hospitals, microphones installed with software…

For The New York Times, Kevin Roose on the possibility of machines becoming…

A small discrepancy in a couple of shapefiles led to a misclassification of…

In its inaugural issue, Parametric Press describes how bias can easily come about…

During a game, the range of emotions can vary widely across a crowd.…

ProPublica just released a search tool for nonprofit tax records:
The possibilities are…

Apparently ladybugs migrate this time of year, and it’s enough to show up…

Ivana Seric is a data scientist for the Philadelphia 76ers who tries to…

Ted Mellnik and Reuben Fischer-Baum for The Washington Post describe the changes to…

A note on a pack of Skittles reads, “No two rainbows are the…

Monica Ramirez tried her hand with modeling deaths on Game of Thrones and…

James Holzhauer is the new hotness on Jeopardy! with Daily Double hunting, big…

Caitlin Dewey for OneZero describes the case of the Fruit Belt neighborhood in…

Los Angeles Clippers commentator Ralph Lawler has a saying: “First to 100 wins.…

Generative models can seem like a magic box where you plug in observed…

Feeding off the words of John Tukey, Roger Peng proposes a search for…

For The New York Times, Sahil Chinoy on privacy and how easy it…

FiveThirtyEight uses forecasts to attach probabilities to politics and sports, and they get…

Context makes data useful. Without it, it’s easy to get lost in numbers…