The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

JUNE 30, 2016

A naïve way to solve this problem would be to compare the proportion of buyers between the exposed and unexposed groups, using a simple test for equality of means. Identification We now discuss formally the statistical problem of causal inference. We start by describing the problem using standard statistical notation.

Statistics 44

Statistics Optimization Modeling Experimentation 44

O'Reilly on Data

MAY 27, 2020

Using the new scores, Apgar and her colleagues proved that many infants who initially seemed lifeless could be revived, with success or failure in each case measured by the difference between an Apgar score at one minute after birth, and a second score taken at five minutes. Books, in turn, get matching scores to reflect their difficulty.

Testing 354

Testing Risk Reporting Measurement 354

Domino Data Lab

AUGUST 8, 2019

Their approach is to bombard “organoid” mini brains living in vats with potential cancer meds, to measure the meds’ relative effects. Consider the following timeline: 2001 – Physics grad students are getting hired in quantity by hedge funds to work on Wall St. 2008 – Financial crisis : scientists flee Wall St.

Data Science 71

Data Science Machine Learning Data Governance Statistics 71