- Do you have a Master’s degrees in Statistics? Is it worth your time to get one? Jerzy Wieczorek, mathematical statistician at the U.S. Census Bureau. discusses his thoughts on postgraduate educations for statistician.
- The Karpov vs. Kasparov rivalry holds a special place in the chess world. The duo, (arguably) the two best players ever in the history of this game, played 201 matches over almost 35 years. The following analysis (with R visualizations) show which one of the two Russians deserves to be the best of all chess players.
- One piece of advice for all of you who are in the data visualization industry: hate the default.
- In July of each year, Forbes, in partnership with the Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP), produces a ranking of 650 universities in the US. Vivek H. Patil, Associate Professor of Marketing at Gonzaga University, provides some neat visuals on the Forbes University Ranking. I reviewed a book that had a wonderful chapter about all the ways that law schools cheat to improve their public rankings.
- A stick randomly breaks into 3 pieces, what is the probability that the 3 pieces can form a triangle?
- How do people die? A display of ranked causes of death, and how they’ve changed since 1990.
- If you work with time series data frequently, you should learn how to convert daily observations into weekly/monthly data in R.
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