
Not So Standard Deviations
Roger Peng and Hilary Parker talk about the latest in data science and data analysis in academia and industry.
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Apr 2, 2021 • 1h 13min
129 - Monetizing False Positives
Hilary and Roger talk about the boat, coffee status, and the purpose of prediction modeling frameworks. Show Notes: Tidymodels.org James Hoffman Ultimate French Press Technique 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

Mar 20, 2021 • 1h 10min
128 - APIs Have Changed
Hilary and Roger have important pony follow up. They also discuss satellite data, blowing your API quota, and building R packages for data analysis. Show Notes: NSSD Fellows Planet Labs 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

Mar 5, 2021 • 55min
127 - A Bottle Episode
Hilary travels back home to take care of some old business. And Roger laughs at her but doesn’t criticize her. 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

Feb 19, 2021 • 1h 17min
126 - Data Gunslingers
Hilary and Roger discuss using APIs in R, doing short-term contract data/software work, validating paranoia, and lessons learned from data analysis. Show Notes: Y2K Benford’s Law 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

Feb 5, 2021 • 1h 1min
125 - Inaugural NSSD Fellows
Hilary and Roger put the nail in the coffin on cars and acceleration, consider possible NSSD Fellow nominations, discuss teaching data analysis, and other topics. Show Notes Hilary’s Poll 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

Jan 25, 2021 • 56min
124 - Analysis Without Data
Hilary and Roger discuss what happened just after Episode 123, follow up on cars and autopilot, and talk about teaching data analysis without data. Show Notes Gyroscopic autopilot UNISYS and LZW patent 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

Jan 11, 2021 • 54min
123 - Going On Autopilot
Hilary and Roger welcome the new year and discuss one hot encoding, autopilot as artificial intelligence, and how a car gas pedal works. 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

Dec 29, 2020 • 1h 4min
122 - One Hot 2020
Hilary and Roger close out 2020 with a discussion of AI products, the difference between AI and machine learning, reflections on 2020, and milk frothing. Happy New Year everyone! Show Notes: How Bad is Your Spotify? What is AI? 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

Dec 11, 2020 • 55min
121 - Global Statistical Event
Hilary and Roger discuss the latest COVID gripes, the possibility of a global statistical event, which NSSD episode was their favorite, and whether human interaction is the only source of problems in data analysis. Show Notes: Support us through our Patreon page Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdpeng Hilary on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hspter Get the Not So Standard Deviations book: https://leanpub.com/conversationsondatascience/ Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/not-so-standard-deviations/id1040614570 Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Izfnbx6tlruojkfrvhjfdj3nmna Find past episodes: http://nssdeviations.com Contact us at nssdeviations@gmail.com Podcast art by Jessica Crowell

Dec 1, 2020 • 55min
120 - Debugging Data Analysis
Hilary and Roger discuss a systematic framework for debugging. Show Notes: Support us through our Patreon page Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdpeng Hilary on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hspter Get the Not So Standard Deviations book: https://leanpub.com/conversationsondatascience/ Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/not-so-standard-deviations/id1040614570 Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Izfnbx6tlruojkfrvhjfdj3nmna Find past episodes: http://nssdeviations.com Contact us at nssdeviations@gmail.com Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
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