Improving Mr. Miyagi’s Coaching Style: Teaching Data Analytics with Interactive Data Visualizations
Scotland C. Leman and Leanna House discuss a way to reconsider the “wax on, wax off” teaching style invoked in many data analytics courses so that students may practice and develop skills in the classroom that are directly applicable to realistic scenarios.
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An Exploratory Data Analysis of a Graduate Student (N=1)
In a unique exercise in documenting what goes into earning a PhD in statistics, Alden L. Gross infuses data visualization, humor, and sharp social commentary to address a series of philosophical and pragmatic concerns.
The Family Tree of an Epidemic
Adam Kucharski discusses modeling various evolutionary phases of an epidemic via applying dynamical models, time series analysis, and social networks, which are commonly used in phylogenetics.
Competing Risks in Basketball … Competing Risks in Basketball … Competing Risks in Basketball
Laura Taylor builds a competing-risks model with recurrent events using play-by-play data collected from the 2011 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
We Sing the Praise of Good Displays: How Gamblers Bet in Casino Roulette
Maya Bar-Hillel and Ro’i Zultan provide a demonstration of the so-called middle bias in decisionmaking through the analysis of gambling bets in casino roulette.
Length of The Beatles’ Songs
Tatsuki Koyama gives us an impressive graphical presentation of the length of the entire repertoire of The Beatles’ studio recordings since the release of their first double-track, Love Me Do and P.S. I Love You, to the songs included in their final album, Let It Be.
