a random collection of uncertain ideas
tl;dr : Due to curriculum disruptions the International Baccalaureate (IB) is going to use a statistical model to assign grades for > 160,000 high school students. These grades have a very significant impact on students’ lives (for better or for worse). This is an inappropriate use of ‘big data’ and a terrible idea for a plethora of different reasons. The IB’s model has glaring methodological…
a friend mentioned that this course is a good review of applied statistics. since it was pretty short, i decided to read through last weekend. it was a good recap of the basics. i’ve summarized the big chapter-wise tl;drs here. the case studies were very well picked. i would recommend reading through the examples in the lecture notes. basic statistics ask the right questions. be ultra aware of…
positively-semi-definite was created in an attempt to improve my technical exposition skills. Additionally, it will provide some impetus for me to preserve my notes in a more permanent form (as opposed to scribling them down on a legal notepad which I will inevitably discard). I will use this medium to share some interesting things that I am learning about and some reflections on concepts which (I…
I used to sleep notoriously little. I was known as a low mean, high variance kind of sleeper. This semester I took a class by Dr. Matthew Walker - The Psychology of Sleep - it gave me the impetus to make a very substantial change to my sleep habits. I am now a high mean, low variance sleeper. This reorientation in outlook towards sleep has left me feeling healthier, happier and much more…
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