Category Archives: Weekly Brief

“In the age of Big Data we often believe that our predictions about the future are better than ever before. But …in the real world, we often get better results by using simple rules and considering less information.” (From a review of Gerd Gigerenzer’s Data Savvy) The Introduction to Data Literacy course, taught by Veronica Carlan, is your entryContinue reading “Oct 19: Data Literacy – The Chainsaw Case”

  This week we look at several case studies where success on the AI front was not sufficient to assure longer term business success. Our course spotlight is on: Aug 20 – Sep 17: Introduction to Design of Experiments Learn how to design experiments (especially costly ones) in ways that yield the most information for theContinue reading “Aug 5: AI success does not always lead to business success”

  This week we look at odds and betting; our course spotlights are July 23 -Aug 20: SQL – Responsible Data ScienceJuly 30 -Aug 27: SQL – Biostatistics 1 – For Medical Science and Public Health See you in class! – Peter BruceFounder of The Institute for Statistics Education at Statistics.com …………………………….. News You Need to Know What’sContinue reading “July 22: Odds and Betting”

  This week we look at the increasingly important role of data engineers. Our spotlight is on our Programming for Data Science certificate program -you can start in July with July 9 -Aug 6: SQL – Introduction to Database Queries See you in class! – Peter BruceFounder of The Institute for Statistics Education at Statistics.com …………………………….. NewsContinue reading “June 2: From Data Science to Data Engineering”

  This week we discuss data leaks, which can render apparently well-performing machine learning models useless. Our spotlight is on the Thomas Edison University Data Science Analytics Master’s Program, which was developed in partnership with Statistics.com See you in class! – Peter BruceFounder of The Institute for Statistics Education at Statistics.com …………………………….. News You Need toContinue reading “May 5: Deceptive Data Leaks”

  This week we spotlight our introductory statistics courses, and take a look at supposed “need to know” statistical concepts for data science. See you in class! – Peter BruceFounder of The Institute for Statistics Education at Statistics.com …………………………….. News You Need to Know What’s happening in the field of Data Science, Analytics, Statistics? STATISTICS INContinue reading “March 9: Statistics and Data Science in Practice”

  This week we look at a backdoor method to make predictions come true. Our student spotlight is on Staci Taylor, Assistant Prof. of Nursing at Southeastern Louisiana State Univ., and our featured programs are: Analytics for Data Science Biostatistics See you in class! – Peter BruceFounder of The Institute for Statistics Education at Statistics.com ……………………………..Continue reading “Feb 23: Statistics and Data Science in Practice”

In this week’s Briefing, we take a look at different strands of “purity” in AI. Our course spotlight is Jan 15 – Feb 12: Introduction to Data Literacy It’s for you or anyone you know who needs to get more numerate! See you or them in class! – Peter BruceFounder of The Institute for Statistics Education atContinue reading “Dec 14: Statistics in Practice”

In our Briefing this week, we take a look at unemployment insurance fraud and a statistical tool for catching the crooks. Our course spotlight is on: Oct 23 – Nov 20:  Spatial Statistics See you in class! Peter Bruce Founder, Author, and Senior Scientist Unemployment Insurance Fraud – Catching the Crooks The Covid recession hasContinue reading “Oct 6: Statistics in Practice”

In our Briefing this week, we take a look at the role of statistics and analytics in war, from WWII to the present. Our curriculum spotlight is on our Rasch and IRT Mastery – key skills for those involved in designing, developing, and analyzing tests and surveys.  You can start with Oct 9 – NovContinue reading “Sept 30: Statistics in Practice”

This week we take a look at the interesting statistical problem of false positives, which naturally arise when you do lots of diagnostic tests or hypothesis tests.  Our course spotlight deals with another aspect of multiple statistical studies – how to combine them into a single conclusion: Oct 16 – Nov 13: Meta Analysis inContinue reading “Sept 24: Statistics in Practice”

This week we look at the second most popular percentage in statistics: 80%. Our course spotlight is on: Oct 30 –Nov 27: Sample Size and Power Determination See you in class! Peter Bruce Founder, Author, and Senior Scientist The Popular 80% Researchers and analysts are familiar with the famous 5% benchmark in statistics, the typicalContinue reading “Sept 10: Statistics in Practice”

This week, our topic is Data Engineering, and we feature a guest blog by Will Goodrum, a data scientist at Elder Research. Our course spotlight is Oct 2 -30: Categorical Data Analysis See you in class! Peter Bruce Founder, Author, and Senior Scientist Four Common Pitfalls in Data Engineering Regular readers of this feature knowContinue reading “Sept 2: Statistics in Practice”

Vaccines for Covid are in the news, and this week we focus on the clinical trial process that validates vaccines as safe and effective.  Our spotlight is on our 10-course Biostatistics Certificate Program. You can get started with Need to brush up on your stats?  Enrollees in the certificate program can take our introductory statisticsContinue reading “Aug 25: Statistics in Practice”

Last week we looked at a notable failure of the statistic “AUC”; this week we dive deeper.  Our curriculum spotlight is our 10-course Analytics for Data Science certificate program: compare cost and coverage to ANY Master’s program!   You can get started with  Sep 11 – Oct 9:  Predictive Analytics 1  Need to brush up on your stats? Continue reading “Aug 19: Statistics in Practice”

In this week’s brief, we feature a data-detective story: The Case of the Faulty Generator.  Our spotlight is on our Analytics for Data Science certificate program*. See you in class! *Earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science and Analytics concurrently at Thomas Edison State University. Peter Bruce Founder, Author, and Senior Scientist Sira-Kvina Hydro PowerContinue reading “Aug 4: Statistics in Practice”

In this week’s brief we discuss outliers and anomalies, the unusual cases and events that often end up being the focus of attention. Our course spotlight is Nov 6 – Dec 4: Anomaly Detection If you’re interested in this topic, you should also consider the that it is part of. The methods and tools ofContinue reading “July 28: Statistics in Practice”