Data Skeptic

The Data Skeptic Podcast features interviews and discussion of topics related to data science, stati

Episodes

Total: 576

Linhda and Kyle talk about Decision Tree Learning in this miniepisode.  Decision Tree Learning is th

Our guest this week is Hamilton physics professor Kate Jones-Smith who joins us to discuss the evide

[MINI] Noise!!

2014/8/22

Our topic for this week is "noise" as in signal vs. noise.  This is not a signal processing discussi

Our guest this week is Susan Gerbic. Susan is a skeptical activist involved in many activities, the

In this week's mini episode, Linhda and Kyle discuss Ant Colony Optimization - a numerical / stochas

Our guest this week is Shahid Shah. Shahid is CEO at Netspective, and writes three blogs: Health Car

[MINI] Cross Validation

2014/7/25

This miniepisode discusses the technique called Cross Validation - a process by which one randomly d

This episode features a discussion with statistics PhD student Zach Seeskin about a project he was i

This episode loosely explores the topic of Experimental Design including hypothesis testing, the imp

In this week's episode, we discuss applied solutions to big data problem with big data engineer Jay

[MINI] Bayesian Updating

2014/6/27

In this minisode, we discuss Bayesian Updating - the process by which one can calculate the most lik

In the second full length episode of the podcast, we discuss the current state of personalized medic

[MINI] p-values

2014/6/13

In this mini, we discuss p-values and their use in hypothesis testing, in the context of an hypothet

A conversation with Convertro's Nathan Janos about methodologies used to help advertisers understand

In this first mini-episode of the Data Skeptic Podcast, we define and discuss type i and type ii err

Introduction

2014/5/23

The Data Skeptic Podcast features conversations with topics related to data science, statistics, mac