While Model Trains

Read data blog posts.
Carefully handpicked.
Presented 3 at a time.

Why software projects take longer than you think: a statistical model

Erik Bernhardsson

"People estimate the median completion time well, but not the mean."

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Markov Chains

Victor Powell and Lewis Lehe

A fascinating explanation of Markov Chains with interactive simulations.

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Why Correlation Usually ≠ Causation

Gwern

"Despite this admonition, people are overconfident in claiming correlations to support favored causal interpretations and are surprised by the results of randomized experiments, suggesting that they are biased & systematically underestimate the prevalence of confounds / common-causation."

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