As Independence Day inaugurates the official summer political season in the U.S. (a season that, in reality, no longer ends), we discuss in this week’s brief uplift models; our course spotlight is on Aug 21 – Sep 18: Persuasion Analytics and Targeting See you in class! Quiz – Which two U.S. presidents died within aContinue reading “July 7: Statistics in Practice”
Category Archives: Weekly Brief
June 30: Statistics in Practice
In this week’s Brief, the second in our series on statistical thinking, we discuss WWII convoys; our course spotlight is July 10 – Aug 7: Spatial Statistics for GIS Using R See you in class! Peter Bruce Founder, Author, and Senior Scientist Statistical Thinking 2 Safety in Numbers – Calculating Probabilities for Convoys Early 1942 wasContinue reading “June 30: Statistics in Practice”
June 23: Statistics in Practice
In this week’s Brief, the first in a Statistical Thinking series, we look at how people think about rare events. Our spotlight is on: July 3 – 31: Introductory Statistics (another session starts July 31) See you in class! Peter Bruce Founder, Author, and Senior Scientist Rare Event Syndrome Several years ago, National Public RadioContinue reading “June 23: Statistics in Practice”
June 16: Statistics in Practice
In this week’s brief we feature a guest blog on Ethical Data Science; our course spotlight is: July 17 – Aug 14: Logistic Regression See you in class! Peter Bruce Founder, Author, and Senior Scientist Ethical Data Science As data science has evolved into AI, the intimate connection between the scientist and the data isContinue reading “June 16: Statistics in Practice”
June 12: Statistics in Practice
In this Brief, we visit the issue of “statistical arbitrage” in financial markets, and spotlight two courses: June 12 – July 10: Financial Risk Modeling (today) July 10 – Aug 7: Spatial Statistics for GIS Using R See you in class! P.S. Our newest course, Analyzing and Modeling Coronavirus Data, also starts June 12 (today)Continue reading “June 12: Statistics in Practice”
June 2: Statistics in Practice
Fear of catching Covid-19 dominates the world, so this week we briefly review how humans think about probabilities, in the context of Covid-19. Prior beliefs figure heavily in probability calculations, so our course spotlight is on: July 3 – 31: Introduction to Bayesian Statistics See you in class! – Peter Bruce P.S. Our new course, AnalyzingContinue reading “June 2: Statistics in Practice”
May 26: Statistics in Practice
This week we return to Coronavirus data to look at new analyses that use mobile phone data to estimate the effects of social distancing restrictions, a vital question now are we see the world falling into “lockdown recession.” Speaking of economic matters, our course spotlight is: June 12 – July 10: Financial Risk Modeling SeeContinue reading “May 26: Statistics in Practice”
May 19: Statistics in Practice
This week we take a look at evolutionary algorithms (it was 150 years ago that Charles Darwin first used the term “evolution” in his writings). Our course spotlight is: July 17 – Aug 14: Optimization with Linear Programming See you in class! – Peter Bruce Founder, Author, and Senior Scientist Evolutionary Algorithms In February, IContinue reading “May 19: Statistics in Practice”
May 12: Statistics in Practice
In this Brief, we dive into the terms “sensitivity” and “specificity” and their relatives. In our course spotlight, clinical trials is the topic. Now there’s a site just for the 800+ clinical trials associated with Covid-19 (treatments and vaccines). Is it time for you to start learning how clinical trials work? Check out our course:Continue reading “May 12: Statistics in Practice”
May 5: Statistics in Practice
In this week’s Brief, we look deeper into the question of whether Covid-19 is a senior citizen disease. Our course spotlight is twofold: Start in May or June: Mastery in Statistical Modeling (3 courses) June 12 to July 10 Analyzing and Modeling Covid-19 Data See you in class! – Peter Bruce Founder, Author, and SeniorContinue reading “May 5: Statistics in Practice”
Apr 28: Statistics in Practice
Models of virus growth are in the news, and this week we take a closer look at the modeling of epidemics, and introduce our newest course: June 12 to July 10 Analyzing and Modeling Covid-19 Data We’ll cover analysis of covid data broadly, and focus on the epidemiological and statistical models used to forecast theContinue reading “Apr 28: Statistics in Practice”
Apr 21: Statistics in Practice
In this week’s Brief we take a look at Python vrs. R, and feature some conversations with data scientists. Our spotlight is on our introductory statistical programming courses: May 15 – June 12: Introduction to Python Programming May 15 – June 12: R Programming Introduction Part 1 Or, carry it further with our 3-course ProgrammingContinue reading “Apr 21: Statistics in Practice”
Apr 14: Statistics in Practice
In this week’s Brief, we explore what data on the flu can tell us about Covid-19 counter-measures. Our course spotlight is July 31 – Sept 25: Biostatistics See you in class! – Peter Bruce Founder, Author, and Senior Scientist Social Distancing and the Flu The popular models for forecasting the spread of Covid-19 have parametersContinue reading “Apr 14: Statistics in Practice”
Apr 7: Statistics in Practice
In this week’s Brief, we look in greater detail at Elder Research, Inc., which recently acquired Statistics.com. If your organization is like most organizations, your data science initiatives may lack the direction and support they need to succeed – having a data science team does not guarantee data science success in business. If your organizationContinue reading “Apr 7: Statistics in Practice”
Apr 2: Statistics in Practice – Special Epi Course
In this special Brief we step back and look at various estimates of the projected death toll from the coronavirus. Would you like to learn more about the statistical analysis of disease? We’re offering a special self-paced course to those seeking to improve their knowledge of epidemiology: April 10 – June 10: Epidemiologic Statistics (self-paced)Continue reading “Apr 2: Statistics in Practice – Special Epi Course”
Mar 31: Statistics in Practice
In this week’s Brief, we look at p-values. Plus, we’ve scheduled a couple of extra course sessions for April: Use the month of April to introduce yourself to Python, or, for those with some Python familiarity, learn how to apply it to predictive analytics. April 10 – May 8: Introduction to Python Programming (for newcomersContinue reading “Mar 31: Statistics in Practice”
Mar 24: Statistics in Practice
In this week’s Brief, we look again at the statistics of Coronavirus. We also spotlight our Health Analytics Mastery – a 3-course series in which you can choose from among Biostatistics 1 and 2 Designing Valid Statistical Studies Epidemiologic Statistics * Introduction to Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials You can start July 1 with BiostatisticsContinue reading “Mar 24: Statistics in Practice”
Mar 18: Statistics in Practice
In this week’s Brief, we look at the coronavirus, and the problem of estimating prevalence and mortality. Our course spotlight is Nov 8 – Dec 6: Epidemiologic Statistics (we’re adding a spring session – email us to be notified when registration opens at ourcourses@statistics.com) See you in class! – Peter Bruce Founder, Author, and SeniorContinue reading “Mar 18: Statistics in Practice”
Mar 16: Statistics in Practice
In this week’s Brief, we look at combining models. Our course spotlight is April 17 – May 1: Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) You’ve probably seen lots of references to MLE in other contexts – this quick 2-week course (only $299) is your chance to study it on its own. See you in class! – PeterContinue reading “Mar 16: Statistics in Practice”
Mar 9: Statistics in Practice
In this week’s Brief, we look at ways to determine optimal sample size. Our course spotlight is April 10 – May 8: Sample Size and Power Determination See you in class! – Peter Bruce Founder, Author, and Senior Scientist Big Sample, Unreliable Result The 1948 Kinsey report on male sexual behavior in the U.S. yieldedContinue reading “Mar 9: Statistics in Practice”