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Towards optimal experimentation in online systems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

If $Y$ at that point is (statistically and practically) significantly better than our current operating point, and that point is deemed acceptable, we update the system parameters to this better value. This blog post discusses such a comprehensive approach that is used at Youtube. Indeed, such an approach is tractable and often used.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 9

Domino Data Lab

Finale Doshi-Velez, Been Kim (2017-02-28) ; see also the Domino blog article about TCAV. They also require advanced skills in statistics, experimental design, causal inference, and so on – more than most data science teams will have. Use of influence functions goes back to the 1970s in robust statistics. 2018-06-21).

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The trinity of errors in applying confidence intervals: An exploration using Statsmodels

O'Reilly on Data

Recall from my previous blog post that all financial models are at the mercy of the Trinity of Errors , namely: errors in model specifications, errors in model parameter estimates, and errors resulting from the failure of a model to adapt to structural changes in its environment. The interval [-a, a] is called a 90% confidence interval.

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Smarten Advanced Data Discovery is All the Buzz!

Smarten

Advanced Data Discovery ensures data democratization by enabling users to drastically reduce the time and cost of analysis and experimentation. Plug n’ Play Predictive Analysis enables business users to explore power of predictive analytics without indepth understanding of statistics and data science.