Not So Standard Deviations: The Podcast
I'm happy to announce that I've started a brand new podcast called Not So Standard Deviations with Hilary Parker at Etsy. Episode 1 "RCatLadies Origin Story" is available through SoundCloud. In this...
View ArticleNot So Standard Deviations: Episode 2 - We Got it Under 40 Minutes
Episode 2 of my podcast with Hilary Parker, Not So Standard Deviations, is out! In this episode, we talk about user testing for statistical methods, navigating the Hadleyverse, the crucial significance...
View ArticleNot So Standard Deviations: Episode 3 - Gilmore Girls
I just uploaded Episode 3 of Not So Standard Deviations so check your feeds. In this episode Hilary and I talk about our jobs and the life of the data scientist in both academia and the tech industry....
View ArticleDiscussion of the Theranos Controversy with Elizabeth Matsui
Theranos is a Silicon Valley diagnostic testing company that has been in the news recently. The story of Theranos has fascinated me because I think it represents a perfect collision of the tech startup...
View ArticleNot So Standard Deviations: Episode 4 - A Gajillion Time Series
Episode 4 of Not So Standard Deviations is hot off the audio editor. In this episode Hilary first explains to me what heck is DevOps and then we talk about the statistical challenges in detecting rare...
View ArticleNot So Standard Deviations: Episode 5 - IRL Roger is Totally With It
I just posted Episode 5 of Not So Standard Deviations so check your feeds! Sorry for the long delay since the last episode but we got a bit tripped up by the Thanksgiving holiday. In this episode,...
View ArticleNot So Standard Deviations: Episode 6 - Google is the New Fisher
Episode 6 of Not So Standard Deviations is now posted. In this episode Hilary and I talk about the analytics of our own podcast, and analyses that seem easy but are actually hard. If you haven't...
View ArticleNot So Standard Deviations Episode 7 - Statistical Royalty
The latest episode of Not So Standard Deviations is out, and boy does Hilary have a story to tell. We also talk about Theranos and the pitfalls of diagnostic testing, Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist...
View ArticleNot So Standard Deviations Episode 8 - Snow Day
Hilary and I were snowed in over the weekend, so we recorded Episode 8 of Not So Standard Deviations. In this episode, Hilary and I talk about how to get your foot in the door with data science, the...
View ArticleNot So Standard Deviations Episode 9 - Spreadsheet Drama
For this episode, special guest Jenny Bryan (@jennybryan) joins us from the University of British Columbia! Jenny, Hilary, and I talk about spreadsheets and why some people love them and some people...
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