Wednesday, February 27, 2019

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Steve Young Might Have Been the Best Quarterback of All Time

Who was the best quarterback of all time? Here is my attempt at answering that question.
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Friday, February 22, 2019

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Tutorial: Writing a Vue App from Start to Deployment

I didn't see any nice tutorials from start to finish on writing and deploying a Vue app, so I wrote down all the steps with a sample project. The sample project uses Vuetify as the Vue framework and plotly as the plotting framework. To get started, here is the finished product.


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Thursday, February 14, 2019

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What Does R^2 Mean in Linear Regression?

You see r^2 constantly when you see linear fits or linear regression. You'll often hear that it represents '% of variance explained by the model'. What does that mean?


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Friday, February 8, 2019

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Find All Ints Less Than N with M Digits Equal to 1 in Their Binary Representation

We stumbled on a fun algorithm problem in the wild at work this week.
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Sunday, February 3, 2019

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Antonio Brown Is on Track to Be One of the Best Wide Receivers in History

Who were the best wide receivers ever? Here is my attempt at answering that question...
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Thursday, January 31, 2019

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China and India Have Huge Populations

I had an idea for visualizing just how many people live in India and China.
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Saturday, January 26, 2019

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Should Football Teams Go for Two When Losing by 14 Points?

If your team is down by 14 and scores a touchdown, should they kick an extra point or go for two?
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

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How Do Marginal Tax Rates Work?

If you get a raise and move up a tax bracket, do you actually lose money? Does a 70% tax rate on the highest earners mean that you'll lose 70% of your income to taxes?
progressive taxes
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Friday, January 18, 2019

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Handling Outliers in Linear Regression

What are some of the techniques for handling outliers in linear regression, and how do they compare? I evaluate several in Python.
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Sunday, January 13, 2019

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Who Was the Best Running Back in Modern NFL History?

Here is my attempt at answering this question...
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Friday, January 4, 2019

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Historic S&P 500 Variability

The news often covers 'major' swings in stock prices. How rare are these large swings?
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Monday, December 31, 2018

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What Does It Mean When a Study Controls for a Variable?

If you read scientific studies, you'll often see the phrases 'controlled for' or 'adjusted for' to describe variables like age, income, or gender that are accounted for in their statistical analysis. What does this mean?
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Thursday, December 27, 2018

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Relationship between Union Membership and Income Inequality in the US

One of the theoretical benefits of labor unions is that they boost incomes overall for the majority of workers. Do the data support this?
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