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What I Read: Gamma Hurdle
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What I Read: transfer learning
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What I Read: Contextual Bandit, LinUCB:
https://truetheta.io/concepts/reinforcement-learning/lin-ucb A Reliable Contextual Bandit Algorithm: LinUCBDJ RichAugust 6, 2024 “A user visits a news website. Which articles should they be shown?”
What I Read: decision analysis, significance testing
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/07/10/a-misunderstanding-about-decision-analysis-and-significance-testing (Trying to) clear up a misunderstanding about decision analysis and significance testingAndrew Gelman7/10/24 9:03 AM “…we’re just saying that screening based on statistical significance has lots of problems. P-values