Apr 29, 2017
Crossing the Bridge
There's a myth that goes around that math exists in a bubble and this is just something you have to do graduate, like some sort of perverse challenge. But math does not…
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Apr 28, 2017
Transmitting Chinese Cultural Values
I've been learning a bit of Asian history, since it is something I know little about. One question is about the role of ancient Chinese culture across other East Asian societies. Buddhism…
Apr 26, 2017
Circular Reasoning
Mathman strikes again. Here's a nifty picture I have borrowed from Cracked.com. The text, by Cracked user RainbowCrash, says, "Manhole covers are round so that they cannot possibly fall through their own…
Apr 25, 2017
Implications of Coarse Data Allocation Methods for Flood Mitigation Analysis
I went looking for a copy of my working paper from the 2013 Joint Statistical Meetings and realized, it does not seem to be online. And neither does my poster! So I…
Apr 24, 2017
Students and Customers
This semester, I've been teaching a course I don't normally teach. This has been an interesting experience. The course is wholly online, so we have "homework," and "quizzes," and "tests," but these…
Apr 22, 2017
Slides from NerdNite Baltimore 8
I've posted the slides from my talk at NerdNite. Unfortunately, there's no video or audio.
Apr 13, 2017
California Flood Insurance Hurts Everyone
California is considering adopting its own flood insurance scheme, according to this news report: ::embed{href="http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/03/30/california-flood-insurance-change/"} Apparently, California residents have paid more than $3B more into the program than those residents have received…
Apr 5, 2017
Nerd Nite Baltimore!
I'll be speaking at Nerd Nite Baltimore 8 on April 18th. My talk, "The Needs of the Many and the Needs of the Few," will explore ethics in Star Trek and how…
Mar 12, 2017
Gelman's Candy Weighing Demonstration
We did Andrew Gelman's candy weighing demonstration in class on Friday. This was the first time I've had a chance to teach sampling in some time and really wanted to do it.…
Mar 6, 2017
Syllabus for Intermediate Algebra
I am teaching intermediate algebra this spring and I wanted to post the syllabus and give a bit of a comment here. You can find the syllabus on my math education page.…
Mar 3, 2017
Data Science for Restaurant Inspections
At work, we just did a really neat set of predictive models for restaurant inspections. This is all based on the work Chicago did for the analysis. We kinda/sorta split into different…