Not So Standard Deviations

Roger Peng and Hilary Parker
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Sep 7, 2021 • 54min

140 - Booboo Detection

Hilary and Roger discuss the upcoming Elizabeth Holmes trial, hot tea, distraction free computing, and designing a study for detecting data booboos. Also, Roger has a new Patreon benefit!   Show Notes: Support us on Patreon Roger on Twitter Hilary on Twitter Get the Not So Standard Deviations book Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Find past episodes Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
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Aug 20, 2021 • 1h 12min

139 - Eliciting Chocolate

Hilary and Roger discuss Internet woes, mugs, data editors, and user testing chocolate.   Show Notes: Cacao ceremony Esalen The Good Chocolate Certified Software by Zhong Shao   Support us on Patreon Roger on Twitter Hilary on Twitter Get the Not So Standard Deviations book Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Find past episodes Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
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Aug 6, 2021 • 55min

138 - Big Brothering It

Hilary and Roger compare mugs and then follow up on how to incentivize data quality assurance.   Show Notes: Support us on Patreon page Roger on Twitter Hilary on Twitter Get the Not So Standard Deviations book Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Find past episodes Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
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Jul 23, 2021 • 1h 5min

137 - Getting to Right

Hilary and Roger follow up on GitHub Copilot, discuss SAS (briefly!), and talk about ways in which people determine that data are “right”.   Show Notes: Hilary’s thread on data checking Support us on Patreon page Roger on Twitter Hilary on Twitter Get the Not So Standard Deviations book Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Find past episodes Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
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Jul 8, 2021 • 1h 9min

136 - Dream Solution

Hilary and Roger talk about tidymodels one more time with listener feedback, discuss the central question of data science, alternate ways to characterize uncertainty, and GitHub Copilot.   Show Notes: Hill’s Criteria for Data Scientists - https://livefreeordichotomize.com/2016/12/15/hill-for-the-data-scientist-an-xkcd-story/ Support us through our Patreon page Roger on Twitter Hilary on Twitter Get the Not So Standard Deviations book Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Find past episodes Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
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Jun 24, 2021 • 37min

135 - Moderate Confidence

Hilary and Roger follow up on the discussion about tidymodels and machine learning, and discuss the way evidence is interpreted in the intelligence community.   Show Notes: Support us through our Patreon page Roger on Twitter Hilary on Twitter Get the Not So Standard Deviations book Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Find past episodes Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
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Jun 10, 2021 • 1h 9min

134 - Special Guest Julia Silge

Hilary and Roger welcome Julia Silge to the show to talk about tidymodels, modeling, and other important topics.   Show Notes: Julia Silge You Look Like a Thing and I Love You Support us through our Patreon page Roger on Twitter Hilary on Twitter Get the Not So Standard Deviations book Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Find past episodes Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
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May 28, 2021 • 1h 7min

133 - Cicada Special

Hilary and Roger are back with things to talk about, including some follow up on design thinking, how Family Feud is related to data analysis, and the role of trust in data analysis.   Show Notes: Trustworthy Data Analysis (Simply Statistics) Support us through our Patreon page Roger on Twitter Hilary on Twitter Get the Not So Standard Deviations book Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Find past episodes Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
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May 12, 2021 • 18min

132 - Languishing

Hilary and Roger discuss some NSSD-centric but ancillary topics for this episode.  Show Notes: Roger on Twitter Hilary on Twitter Get the Not So Standard Deviations book Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Find past episodes Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
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Apr 30, 2021 • 1h 5min

131 - Email Grab Bag

Hilary and Roger go through the mail bag and answer some listener questions about tidymodels, advice for beginners, and negative and positive controls in data analysis.   Show Notes: Finding a lost hiker workflowsets package Support us through our Patreon page Roger on Twitter Hilary on Twitter Get the Not So Standard Deviations book Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Find past episodes Contact us at nssdeviations@gmail.com Podcast art by Jessica Crowell

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