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Monty Hall Simulation
The Monty Hall Problem is a famous puzzle / paradox. Let's examine how it works with some quick simulations.
Visualizing Regression Metrics
By creating a series of 75 regression models and visualizing them, we will develop a more intuitive understanding of regression model metrics.
Inverted Yield Curves in Motion
This document is just going to visualize a few historical inverted yield curves and animate them so that we can visually see how the yield curve changes in the time period around its’ inversion. This analysis will strictly focus on US treasury yield rates.
Central Limit Theorem Simulations
Why do we use statistical tests and methods that assume our data is normally distributed? The Central Limit Theorem helps explain why
Diversified Portfolios Versus The S&P500
Do diversified portfolios out-perform the S&P 500 over time? Let's dig into some simple examples and find out.
PGA Tour Driving Distance Versus Success
Driving distance has increased significantly on the PGA tour over the last 3 decades. Is this just an increase across the board or do the longest hitters on the tour have a bigger advantage than they used to?
S&P 500 Analysis of Peaks vs Troughs
A simple exploration of stock market peaks and troughs with a comparison of the current market to historic market troughs
Clustering With K-Means and DBScan
This notebook will explore simple examples of how K-Means and DBScan clustering algorithms work in R.
Excess Deaths
Not just another Covid notebook but a look at annual mortality by country normalized to Pre-Covid levels
NFL Survivor Project
Could this be the secret formula to winning your NFL survivor pool? Probably not but it is a good case to demonstrate the power of probabilistic optimization models.
Inflation Monitor
A continuously updated look at inflation as measured by CPI and PPI over various time periods
News Bias Analysis
Can bias in news reporting be measured with basic text analytics? We are going to explore daily news feeds and see if we can detect variances in how various news sources report or don’t report stories.
Minimum Wage and Inflation
This document will focus on the basic relationship between the federal minimum wage and inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index or CPI. Specifically, does an increase in the minimum wage cause inflation?
NBA Points Gained Shooting 3 Pointers
An new way to evaluate 3 point shooting effectiveness using metrics from the PGA Tour and the world of financial analytics.
Mining Data From PDF Files with R
There is often useful data that is only available via a text or PDF report. This tutorial should give you the basics so that you can build a data extraction pipeline for your own purpose.
Finding Hidden Predictors
Machine learning can unlock hidden signals in your data that human eyes and intuition can't always find. Use it to leverage the full power of your organization's data to solve business problems
A Monte Carlo Simulation of Historical S&P500 Returns
A Monte Carlo Simulation of Historical S&P500 Returns
Maximize Your US National Parks Pass
A study in math, maps and national parks