Statistics

More than mean, median, and mode.

Analysis of fake YouTube views

Statistics / fake, New York Times, YouTube

Wherever more attention or the appearance of it equates to more money, there…
“Optimized” floor plan with genetic algorithms

Statistics / algorithm, floor plan

Genetic algorithms are inspired by natural selection, where the system is given a…
Three flavors of data scientist

Statistics / Airbnb, data science

As the field grows and needs develop throughout companies, specialization in data science…
Download 3 million Russian troll tweets

Data Sources / election, trolls, Twitter

Oliver Roeder for FiveThirtyEight:
FiveThirtyEight has obtained nearly 3 million tweets from accounts…
Finding the Beatle who wrote each song using statistical models

Statistics / Beatles, music

There’s been some disagreement about who wrote “In My Life” by The Beatles,…
Calculating wind drag in the cycling peloton

Statistics / cycling, peloton, Wall Street Journal

When cyclists ride in that big pack during a race — the peloton…
When wife earns more than husband, they report a lesser gap

Statistics / census, income

Marta Murray-Close and Misty L. Heggeness for the Census Bureau compared income responses…
Analysis: Do the shoes matter in marathon running?

Statistics / Nike, running, shoes, Upshot

Kevin Quealy and Josh Katz for The Upshot analyzed shoe and running data…
Millions of internet-connected TVs track viewing habits

Statistics / privacy, television

Sapna Maheshwari for The New York Times on Samba TV software running on…
Neural networks to communicate with Alexa devices using sign language

Statistics / Alexa, neural network, sign language, TensorFlow

Many have found Amazon’s Alexa devices to be helpful in their homes, but…
Rush Hour puzzle solver and generator

Data Sources / game, Rush Hour

The Rush Hour puzzle game was invented by Nob Yoshigahara in the 1970s…
Changing Twitter, with Statistics

Statistics / fake, New York Times, Twitter

Earlier this year, The New York Times investigated fake followers on Twitter showing…
Doing good data science

Statistics / ethics

Mike Loukides, Hilary Mason, and DJ Patil published a first post in a…
How people interpret probability through words

Statistics / uncertainty, words

In the early 1990s, the CIA published internal survey results for how people…
All the building footprints in the United States

Data Sources / buildings, Microsoft

Microsoft released a comprehensive dataset for computer-generated building footprints in the United States.…
LeBron James legacy versus championship-winning

Statistics / basketball, FiveThirtyEight, LeBron James, prediction

LeBron James decides where he takes his talents this summer, and the sports…
Check if your school district or college was investigated for civil rights violations

Data Sources / civil rights, education, ProPublica

The U.S. Department of Education constantly investigates school districts and colleges for civil…
History of the word ‘data’

Statistics / data, history, words

Sandra Rendgen describes the history of “data” the word and where it stands…
Finding the best Mario Kart character, statistically speaking

Statistics / Mario Kart, video games

Henry Hinnefeld answers the age-old debate of which Mario Kart character is best,…
Vector paths of meaning between words and phrases

Statistics / Path, text, vector

Benjamin Schmidt, an assistant professor of history at Northeastern University, explored the space…

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