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Word of the Week: Bias
Gangs and Covid
Unemployment Insurance Fraud – Catching the Crooks
Sira-Kvina Hydro Power –The Case of the Faulty Generator
Three Myths in Data Science
Statistics in Agriculture: Encycloweedia
Weeds are big business – the global herbicide market is over $35 billion annually. Weeds are also big government (think “invasive species”). California’s listing of weeds is called Encycloweedia, and the state publishes a quarterly newsletter called Noxious Times. Colorado publishes a similar periodical, Invader. The weed-killer Roundup is the focus of lawsuits that illustrateContinue reading “Statistics in Agriculture: Encycloweedia”
Quotes about Data Science
“The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.” – Carly Fiorina, former CEO, Hewlett-Packard Co. Speech given at Oracle OpenWorld “Data is the new science. Big data holds the answers.” – Pat Gelsinger, CEO, EMC, Big Bets on Big Data, Forbes“Hiding within those mounds of data is knowledge that could change the lifeContinue reading “Quotes about Data Science”