While Model Trains

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Variance after scaling and summing: One of the most useful facts from statistics

Chris Said

"What do R2, laboratory error analysis, ensemble learning, meta-analysis, and financial portfolio risk all have in common? The answer is that they all depend on a fundamental principle of statistics that is not as widely known as it should be. Once this principle is understood, a lot of stuff starts to make more sense."

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Open letter to journal editors: dynamite plots must die

Rafael Irizarry

A critique of dynamite plots and suggestions for better alternatives.

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Writing Robust Tests for Data & Machine Learning Pipelines

Eugene Yan

An in-depth analysis of why certain types of tests break more frequently than others, along with suggestions for creating more robust pipeline tests.

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