While Model Trains

Read data blog posts.
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The First Rule of Machine Learning: Start without Machine Learning

Eugene Yan

Before applying machine learning, you should get to know the data and build heuristics.

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From both sides now: the math of linear regression

Katherine Bailey

A journey starting from the standard formulation of linear regression, moving on to the probabilistic approach, and then progressing to Bayesian linear regression.

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Song Lyrics Across the United States

Julia Silge

An analysis of the frequency of US state names in song lyrics of Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 from 1958 to 2015.

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