I recently completed the Coursera course Data Analysis (Winter 2013) presented by Professor Jeff Leek. For those of you unfamiliar with the format, a MOOC (massive open online course) is a university-level course taught online to anyone who signs up…
How to get to the Project Runway finale
I recently saw this hazard rate analysis of RuPaul’s Drag Race and was inspired to do some analysis on the one reality show I watch: Project Runway. I’ve found that the downsides to hazard rates is that they are very…
Review: Naked Statistics
My list of books to read grows much more quickly than I actually end up reading the books on the list, but I tend to prioritize books that are recommended to me. In the case of Naked Statistics by Charles Wheelan, I…