Statistics

Setting expectations in data science projects. Wide range of possibilities, set concrete goals

It was bound to happen at some point. Doctor and statistician Hans Rosling,…

Five and a half years ago, Netflix offered data and a $1 million…

George E.P. Box, a statistician known for his body of work in time…

After seeing his friend’s CoinStar receipt for 27 pounds of coins that equalled…

Other than ten-year population estimates, the United States Census Bureau annually collects information…

The 72-year mark has arrived, and the United States Census released individual records…

Whoa. What did I just read?
I think most of you know of…

From Gizmodo, this shows battery size in the new iPad versus that of…

Guardian asks actual data scientists what data science is. Recurring theme is a blending.

“Target doesn’t just know when you’re buying sheets. They know what you’re doing…

Is all this tracking and predicting getting out of hand?

In the 1980s, students and researchers at UCLA, led by marketing professor Alan…

Nate Silver looks at past players who have scored 20 or more points,…

Data science has been covered at length during the past couple of years,…

You would think that something so concrete, carefully recorded by authorities, wouldn’t be…

I thought this riveting post on the New York Times Bits blog about…

Data is hot right now, so as you would expect, more people are…

Priceonomics takes the association of fixie bikes to hipsters, and creates the Fixie…

In working with tenants to help their city attorney convict a group of…