In this blog post I elaborate on the reality that statistical models often obscure the fact that some problems can actually be solved in a way that requires less time, resources and headaches. By using reference models and heuristics, decision makers can evaluate if those seemingly brilliant consultants are solving… Read More »Complicated bullsh*t is still bullsh*t
Having R as my data science lingua franca, some things in pandas feel less intuitive. As I’m slowly transitioning to pandas, I’ll be posting a lot of examples over the next couple of weeks. Here’s the first one: concatenating columns values of a pandas DataFrame into another (new) column. First… Read More »Concatenating column values in pandas
Yesterday, Iceland gained a point against Argentina by putting up an icy wall in front of their goal. Nothing adds more spice to a football game than an underdog holding out against a football superpower. Sometimes details are responsible for second tier teams to win their group phase and for… Read More »World Cup 2018: The hopelessness of being the runner-up in the group phase