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How I Became a Data Scientist Despite Having Been a Math Major

Tim Hopper

"Given this description of how my schooling left me woefully unprepared for a career in data science, one might ask how I have had two jobs with that title. I can think of several (though probably not all) reasons."

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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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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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