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Game of data

Game of data - an example of getting data on board games to use for statistical investigations #statsed

This post is second in a series of posts where I’m going to share some strategies for getting real data to use for statistical investigations that require sample to population inference. As I write them, you will be able to find them all on this page.

What’s your favourite board game?

I read an article posted on fivethirtyeight about the worst board games ever invented and it got me thinking…

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Finding real data for real data stories

Need more data? Finding real data for real data stories - key considerations #statsed

This post is first in a series of posts where I’m going to share some strategies for getting real data for real data stories, specifically to use for statistical investigations that require sample to population inference. As I write them, you will be able to find them all on this page.

Key considerations for finding real data for sample to population inference tasks

It’s really important that I…

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Cat and whisker plots - sampling from the Quick, Draw! dataset

Cat and whisker plots - sampling from the Quick, Draw! dataset #statschat #statsed

Last night, I saw a tweet announcing that Google had made data available on over 50 million drawings from the game Quick, Draw! I had never played the game before, but it is pretty cool. The idea behind the game is whether a neural network can learn to recognize doodling. For each game, you are challenged to draw a certain object within 20 secs, and you get to see if the algorithm can classify…

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