Archive - Probably Overthinking It

November 2024

Hazard and Survival

Here’s a question from the Reddit statistics forum.

Nov 28 •

Download the World in Data

Our World in Data recently announced that they are providing APIs to access their data.

Nov 24 •

What’s a Chartist?

Recently I heard the word “chartist” for the first time in my life (that I recall).

Nov 19 •

Comparing Distributions

This is the second is a series of excerpts from Elements of Data Science which available from Lulu.com and online booksellers.

Nov 17 •

War and Peace and Zipf’s Law

Elements of Data Science is in print now, available from Lulu.com and online booksellers.

Nov 10 •

No, men’s views on policy haven’t really changed

So any gender gap in partisan preferences must have other roots

Published on Of Boys and Men • Nov 1

September 2024

August 2024

Probably the Book

In August I had the pleasure of presenting a keynote at posit::conf(2024), and the video is available now!

Aug 23 •

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