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The Only Constant in Life is Change

The Times They Are A-Changin’ Come gather ’round people wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown … More

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Writing Blogs

If you’ve never written a blog before, you might wonder how the process works. It’s a bit different depending on … More

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Recount Anxiety

There’s going to be a recount of votes in the presidential election in Wisconsin, and probably Michigan and Pennsylvania too. … More

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TEN THINGS PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN DO TO WIN THE HEARTS OF AMERICANS

Dear President-Elect Trump, You astounded almost everyone by winning the 2016 U.S. election for President even though you narrowly lost … More

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What I Think about Hillary Clinton

She’s not a criminal. Her worst opponents, mainly Republicans, have spent half a billion dollars of taxpayer money over twenty … More

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Ten Ideas for Fixing the Federal Government

In just the past year, the country has gone through a series of divisive political debates over the economy, tax … More

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Trump can’t lose. Clinton can’t win.

Trump can’t lose. He doesn’t want to be President. Who would take care of all his business interests? His ego … More

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Should the Government Be Run Like a Business?

The Federal government is not a business but people are always saying they want the government to run more like … More

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A Happy Government is an Effective Government

Federal workers do a lot of things. They protect our National resources – the environment, mineral resources, parks, forests and … More

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What History Do You Want To Repeat?

It’s said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. It seems like the 2016 … More

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No, it’s not spelled wrong. I ran a company back in the late 1990s that specialized in analysis of environmental data. Terra (instead of tera) represented the environmental connection.

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Stats with Kittens

My new book, Stats with Kittens, Growing up with data, charts, surveys, correlations, and other floofy playthings, is now available on Amazon. Everybody needs to understand statistics. It’s an essential part of everyday life in America, more so than any other type of higher math. Statistics isn’t just mathematics, it’s inductive reasoning with numbers. It’s […]

Feeling Significance

The feeling you get when your statistical test is significant

Science and Cookies

Creating science is like making cookies—you need a recipe, ingredients, and tools to combine the ingredients and bake the dough. If you’ve ever made cookies, you know that if you use quality ingredients and follow the recipe, everything will probably turn out fine. It helps if you have some experience with the tools you’ll use […]

When Science Goes Wrong

Science is our perception of how things work. The scientific method is how we determine what is the current state of our science. Science is the product of the successful application of the scientific method. They are not the same. For one thing, while science changes; the scientific method is constant. When people say “trust […]

How to Tell if a Political Poll is Legitimate

Four things to look for. Why People Hate Polls It’s probably true that everybody has taken a survey at some point or other. What’s also probably true is that most people think polling is easy. And why not? Google has a site for creating polls. Social media sites and blogging sites provide capabilities for conducting […]

A Typology of Data Relationships

Nine patterns of three types of relationships that aren’t spurious. When analysts see a large correlation coefficient, they begin speculating about possible reasons. They’ll naturally gravitate toward their initial hypothesis (or preconceived notion) which set them to investigate the data relationship in the first place. Because hypotheses are commonly about causation, they often begin with this least […]

The Evolution of Data Science … As I Remember It

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana History isn’t always clear-cut. It’s written by anyone with the will to write it down and the forum to distribute it. It’s valuable to understand different perspectives and the contexts that created them. The evolution of the term Data Science is a […]

PII. The Great Taboo of Data Analysis

Many of us have had our personal information stolen from the Internet, some more than once. Even governments can’t prevent the thefts. Professionals who work with data come under a lot of scrutiny because of PII.

Anecdotes and Big Data

An anecdote is a kitten gently licking your face with a warm, wet,
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WHAT ARE THE ODDS?

Probability is the core of statistics. You hear the phrase “what’s the probability of …” all the time in statistics. You also hear that phrase in everyday life, too. What’s the probability of rain tomorrow? What’s the probability of winning the lottery? You also hear the phrase “what are the odds …? What are the […]

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