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How Dangerous Is Biking in New York?

Gregory Gundersen

Estimating the probability of a fatal injury occurring during bike commuting to work in New York.

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Optimal Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches

Ethan Rosenthal

Preparing a peanut butter and banana sandwich has never been more geeky.

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Prediction intervals for Random Forests

Ando Saabas

Prediction intervals are commonly used for linear models but are often underused for random forests. Leveraging the fact that a random forest can provide a conditional distribution instead of just the conditional mean makes prediction intervals relatively straightforward to use in this context.

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