TracyreneeStatistics Interview Question: What is a representative sample?In a recent blog post I discussed the difference between a population and a sample, and that blog post can be read here…2d ago2d ago
TracyreneeStatistics interview question: What is the difference between discrete and continuous data?In my last post on statistics interview questions, I asked what is the difference between quantitative and qualitative data, and that post…3d ago3d ago
TracyreneeYouTube video Review: Math for programmers tutorial — full course on sets and logicI recently wrote a book review on the tome, ‘A Programmers Introduction to Mathematics’, and this review can be found here…Jun 20Jun 20
TracyreneeUnlocking Python 3.13’s new and improved featuresGuido van Rossom began working on the Python programming language in the late 1980’s and was first released in 1991. Since that time, the…Jun 17Jun 17
TracyreneeStatistics Interview Question: What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative data?It is very important to have a solid understanding of statistics in order to be able to grasp the intricate concepts of data science. With…Jun 17Jun 17
TracyreneeinPython’s GurusHow to use sklearn’s feature importance attribute to select less importance featuresIn my most recent post I reviewed a research paper that explained why tree based models tend to outperform deep learning models when making…Jun 15Jun 15
TracyreneeResearch paper review: Why do tree based models still outperform deep learning on tabular data?In a recent post I performed a code review on a Kaggle playground competition using sklearn’s ExtraTreesClassifier. That post can be found…Jun 13Jun 13
TracyreneeStatistics Interview Question: Name the different types of variables and give examples of themI work with variables a lot in my data science research. Programming languages such as Python, R, and Java make variables quite easy to…Jun 11Jun 11
TracyreneeSometimes sklearn outperforms tensorflow when making predictions on tabular dataI have of late been using Tensorflow whenever I can in an attempt to become proficient in using this library. In Kaggle’s playground…Jun 8Jun 8
TracyreneeCalculate Root Mean Squared Error in ExcelI recently made a code review and received a message asking me how to calculate root mean squared error (RMSE) from data in Excel.Jun 6Jun 6