Sentiment Analysis of a Podcast
There has been an increase in the exploration of text as a rich data source. Quantifying textual data can reveal trends, patterns, and characteristics… Read More »Sentiment Analysis of a Podcast
Statistics
Student Spotlight: Racial Bias in the NYPD Stop-and-frisk Policy
Donald Trump recently came out in favor of an old New York Police Department’s (NYPD) “stop-and-frisk” policy that allowed police officers to stop, question and… Read More »Student Spotlight: Racial Bias in the NYPD Stop-and-frisk Policy
5 Things To Do with a Data Set
Clustering Like prediction and classification, understanding the way the data is organized can help us with analysis of data. One way to tease out the… Read More »5 Things To Do with a Data Set
A Tool for Visualizing Regression Models
Will sales of a good increase when its price goes down? Does the life expectancy of a country have anything to do with its GDP?… Read More »A Tool for Visualizing Regression Models
Testing Weighted Data
In previous posts we discussed the challenges of accounting for weights in stratified random samples. While the calculation of population estimates is relatively standard, there is… Read More »Testing Weighted Data