While Model Trains

Read data blog posts.
Carefully handpicked.
Presented 3 at a time.

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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The Four Jobs of the Data Scientist

Roger Peng

For each "Data Analytic Iteration," you need to embody the roles of a scientist, statistician, system engineer, and politician.

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In Praise of Small Data

Evan Miller

Unless you are training a model with thousands of parameters, big data should not be seen as a source of value, but rather as a source of cost.

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