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Elbows of data

Katie Bauer

"Companies may not be sure how to best incorporate data teams into their processes of value creation, but that doesn’t mean we can’t elbow our way in."

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Your Floor Is the Most Dangerous Thing In Your House

Julia Silge

An analysis of consumer product-related injuries occurring in the United States from 2009 to 2014, including toilet-related injuries and injuries to children while skiing.

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Variance after scaling and summing: One of the most useful facts from statistics

Chris Said

"What do R2, laboratory error analysis, ensemble learning, meta-analysis, and financial portfolio risk all have in common? The answer is that they all depend on a fundamental principle of statistics that is not as widely known as it should be. Once this principle is understood, a lot of stuff starts to make more sense."

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