JSM 2016 will host a Data Art show for the first time at this year’s meeting in Chicago.  If you are interested in submitting a piece, please follow the instructions here.   Everyone who is interested should submit something for acceptance.  And remember “I’m not an artist” is a bad excuse. If you have any…

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So lucky. Cheers.

I originally made this plot for the 2012 Stat Geek Idol contest run by Team Rankings, and they are still cool.  The original article describing them can be found here. Below I’ve updated the plots for games through March 19th.  (For games that haven’t been played yet this year, I’ve assumed the higher seed wins…

“The ASA’s statement on p-values: context, process, and purpose” Cheers.  

Here are my current picks for teams that should be in the tournament.  I’m NOT projecting the field, I’m modeling teams I think should be in. Cheers.   Last 4 in: Syracuse, Colorado, Michigan, Florida St First 4 out: Providence, Kansas St, Creighton, Tulsa Next 4 out: BYU, G Washington, Oregon St, Georgia Tech   1…

Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: I spoke this morning about prediction algorithms and NCAA basketball for Mark Brodie’s class at Columbia’s Business School. Also speaking was Ed Kaplan of Operations Research fame. Here are my slides, much of which was built from joint work with Greg in the Kaggle contest. There are also extensions to other things in…

I recently (as in just now) read an article on Slate called “Down with Algebra II” where the author Dana Goldstein presents an argument by political scientist Andrew Hacker that we should replace “algebra II and calculus in the high school and college curriculum with a practical course in statistics for citizenship”.  (I’m all for a required…

Denver vs Carolina Prediction: Denver 23-22 Side:  Denver +5.5 Total: Over 44.5   Cheers.

Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: Former Kansas City offensive coordinator Doug Pederson is receiving a ton of flack in NFL circles for his passive approach to the end of Saturday’s Divisional Round contest at New England. Down a pair of touchdowns, Kansas City, with Pederson calling plays, methodically moved the ball down the field midway through…