Degrees of Freedom

Just a platypus doing statistics, thinking about philosophy, and overthinking rom-coms.

[Degrees of Freedom @DegreesofFp]

I am so happy Roy seems to have moved on. If someone is playing games with you, then they aren’t your person.

[Degrees of Freedom @DegreesofFp]

I don’t think Keeley actually wants to be with Roy.

#tedlasso

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Music video from Swedish rapper Yung Lean and GENER8ION has an amazing choreography, created by artist Damien Jalet.

[Degrees of Freedom @DegreesofFp]

@readswithravi Rich Man, Poor Man

[Degrees of Freedom @DegreesofFp]

@five_books How is The Lady Tasting Tea not on this list??

[The Math Flow @TheMathFlow]

The distance a circle travels in a single revolution without slipping equals π times its diameter, regardless of the wheel's size.

[Degrees of Freedom @DegreesofFp]

@ATRightMovies Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

[Degrees of Freedom @DegreesofFp]

I am teaching myself html/css by creating a website about statistics. I wrote a simple homepage today.

https://t.co/iw0hmBaBJC

[Deep Thrill @DeeperThrill]

When my children finally are ready to learn physics, chemistry, biology, I’m going to make sure they see the best visualizations out there. Too often people are expected to imagine stuff like this in their head after studying the equations and concepts.

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

Bear tries to scratch some more but misses the tree

[Degrees of Freedom @DegreesofFp]

This is a genius way to clean up online survey data.

[John Gramlich @johngramlich]

Admittedly, a detailed report about survey methodology isn't for everyone. But this new @pewresearch study has some hilarious examples of "trap questions" used to weed out bogus survey respondents. 10% said they've visited the International Space Station. https://t.co/Vb6wzjCk4O

[Degrees of Freedom @DegreesofFp]

In order to compare an effect by gender, you need to include the interaction between that effect and gender in your model.

[Psychology News @PsychNews]

Most Papers Claiming Sex Differences Never Compared Sexes, Study Finds https://t.co/pt5vZgrdQn

[Degrees of Freedom @DegreesofFp]

@TheEconomist My guess is that the effect in the lower tail is driven by small, rural communities. Then the take away is that republicans are more anxious. Less exciting, but likely more accurate.

[Degrees of Freedom @DegreesofFp]

Statistical inference is using a sample of data to answer questions about the population it came from.

Population
All students attending a university
Sample
200 students from that university

#statistics