I recently attended a talk by the co-author of this paper, Dr. James Collins. He shared a figure from this paper in his presentation that showed American black mothers give birth to lower weight babies than both American white mothers…
Opening moves in the game of Go: Fuseki Stats
Go (or weiqi or baduk) is an extremely popular strategy game in East Asia that became more popular in the West during the last century. I first came across it several years ago and have played on an off since…
Why the one statistical test you probably know is the wrong test to use
Maybe it was Stats 101 or a psych class or a business class, but if you had to learn about any statistical testing in school, you probably learned about the Student’s t-test, or just “t-test” for short. The test sounds…
What factors determine if a university’s alumni will donate?
Last week, I caught a post on reddit from Vizual Statistix where data on university alumni giving rates was plotted. The graph was very polished and I saw there were a lot of factors plotted. The main correlation that better…
Predicting Attractiveness on RankMyPhoto
To be honest, RankMyPhoto is a pretty skeezy website. It encourages objectification and seems like a big cry for attention. The premise is you upload a photo of yourself and anonymous internet users can rank your attractiveness and also vote…