In survey data, there is usually an open-ended category for “not applicable” or…
Statistics
More than mean and standard deviation.
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People who answer “don’t know” to obvious questions
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Fantasy football draft rankings, with weekly projections
Football season is starting soon, which means many will participate in the age-old…
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Why you shouldn’t use ZIP Codes for spatial analysis
For Carto, Matt Forrest explains why you shouldn’t use ZIP codes for spatial…
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Machine learning to erase penis drawings
Working from the Quick, Draw! dataset, Moniker dares people to not draw a…
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What is R, what it was, and what it will become
Roger Peng provides a lesson on the roots of R and how it…
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Amazon stores voice recordings indefinitely
Alfred Ng for CNET:
Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, sent a… -
Machine learning to steal baseball signs
Mark Rober, who is great at explaining and demonstrating math and engineering to…
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Unproven aggression detectors, more surveillance
In some public places, such as schools and hospitals, microphones installed with software…
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Machine boss
For The New York Times, Kevin Roose on the possibility of machines becoming…
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Millions of dollars in tax breaks — because of a mapping error
A small discrepancy in a couple of shapefiles led to a misclassification of…
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Myth of the impartial machine
In its inaugural issue, Parametric Press describes how bias can easily come about…
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Simulation of fan emotions during a basketball game
During a game, the range of emotions can vary widely across a crowd.…
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Search through 3m nonprofit tax records
ProPublica just released a search tool for nonprofit tax records:
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Big storm on the way. Oh wait, no, it’s a cloud of ladybugs
Apparently ladybugs migrate this time of year, and it’s enough to show up…
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Using statistics for basketball efficiency
Ivana Seric is a data scientist for the Philadelphia 76ers who tries to…
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How the 2020 Census will be different
Ted Mellnik and Reuben Fischer-Baum for The Washington Post describe the changes to…
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How many Skittles packs before finding identical ones?
A note on a pack of Skittles reads, “No two rainbows are the…
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Game of Thrones death predictor
Monica Ramirez tried her hand with modeling deaths on Game of Thrones and…
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Playing the odds for record-breaking Jeopardy! wins
James Holzhauer is the new hotness on Jeopardy! with Daily Double hunting, big…
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When bad data leads to a disappearing neighborhood
Caitlin Dewey for OneZero describes the case of the Fruit Belt neighborhood in…
