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What I Read: Permutation Tests

By Andrew Fairless on January 19, 2022December 11, 2021

https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-use-permutation-tests-bacc79f45749 A walkthrough of permutation tests and how they can be applied to time series data.Michael BerkSep 21 “In this post we will discuss the basics of permutation tests andContinue readingWhat I Read: Permutation Tests

What I Read: How to assign partial credit on an exam of true-false questions

By Andrew Fairless on November 30, 2021November 16, 2021

https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2016/06/01/how-to-assign-partial-credit-on-an-exam-of-true-false-questions/ How to assign partial credit on an exam of true-false questions?By Terence Tao1 June, 2016Updates on my research and expository papers, discussion of open problems, and other maths-related topics.Continue readingWhat I Read: How to assign partial credit on an exam of true-false questions

What I Read: Machine learning is just statistics + quantifier reversal

By Andrew Fairless on November 18, 2021November 16, 2021

https://jeremybernste.in/writing/ml-is-just-statistics Machine learning is just statistics + quantifier reversaljeremybernsteLos Angeles, 21 Oct 2021 “But in machine learning there’s a switcheroo—we select the sample of data first, and then we useContinue readingWhat I Read: Machine learning is just statistics + quantifier reversal

What I Read: Machine learning is not nonparametric statistics

By Andrew Fairless on October 20, 2021October 16, 2021

https://www.argmin.net/2021/10/13/prediction/ Machine learning is not nonparametric statistics.Ben RechtOct 13, 2021 “…I’ve been told by respected statisticians that machine learning is nothing more than nonparametric statistics. The longer I work inContinue readingWhat I Read: Machine learning is not nonparametric statistics

What I Read: Bayesian Media Mix Modeling

By Andrew Fairless on October 7, 2021September 21, 2021

Bayesian Media Mix Modeling for Marketing OptimizationBenjamin Vincent2021-09-17 “Fortunately, with Bayesian modeling, we can do better than this! So-called Media Mix Modelling (MMM) can estimate how effective each advertising channelContinue readingWhat I Read: Bayesian Media Mix Modeling

What I Read: Dissecting “Noise”

By Andrew Fairless on September 21, 2021September 4, 2021

https://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article/dissecting-noise/ Dissecting “Noise”By Vasant DharAUGUST 9, 2021 “WHAT IS NOISE? If two felons receive sentences of three years and seven years when they should both be sentenced to five, theContinue readingWhat I Read: Dissecting “Noise”

What I Read: Pathfinder, A parallel quasi-Newton algorithm

By Andrew Fairless on September 2, 2021August 17, 2021

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2021/08/10/pathfinder-a-parallel-quasi-newton-algorithm-for-reaching-regions-of-high-probability-mass/ Pathfinder: A parallel quasi-Newton algorithm for reaching regions of high probability massAndrew Gelman10 August 2021, 9:07 am “In the world of Stan, we see three roles for Pathfinder: (1)Continue readingWhat I Read: Pathfinder, A parallel quasi-Newton algorithm

What I Read: Why Deep Learning Works

By Andrew Fairless on August 23, 2021August 17, 2021

https://moultano.wordpress.com/2020/10/18/why-deep-learning-works-even-though-it-shouldnt/ Why Deep Learning Works Even Though It Shouldn’tRyan Moulton’s ArticlesRyan Moulton “Stop talking about minima…. Nobody ever trains their model remotely close to convergence…. What really needs further researchContinue readingWhat I Read: Why Deep Learning Works

What I Read: Causal Inference, Elasticity Pricing

By Andrew Fairless on July 23, 2021July 12, 2021

https://towardsdatascience.com/causal-inference-example-elasticity-de4a3e2e621b?gi=cb88b072c5b9 Causal Inference in the Wild: Elasticity PricingHow can machine learning to improve causal inference in industry? I describe a real example with code for retail pricing.Lars RoemheldJuly 8, 2021Continue readingWhat I Read: Causal Inference, Elasticity Pricing

What I Read: null hypothesis significance testing falls apart when considering replications

By Andrew Fairless on July 8, 2021June 22, 2021

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2021/06/17/guttman-points-out-another-problem-with-null-hypothesis-significance-testing-it-falls-apart-when-considering-replications/ Guttman points out another problem with null hypothesis significance testing: It falls apart when considering replications.by Andrew Gelman17 June 2021, 9:22 am “… another problem with null hypothesis significanceContinue readingWhat I Read: null hypothesis significance testing falls apart when considering replications

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