My roommate recently showed me this map of univariate distributions and I think it’s awesome. Here is a snapshot: It visualizes the relationship between different…
Tag: statistics
On Negative Probabilities
In 1987 Richard Feynman wrote an article arguing in favor for negative probabilities. The question should not be: “do they exist?” but rather: “are they…
Can the Coronavirus be Stopped through Contact Tracing and Isolation?
Link of the day: Feasibility of controlling 2019-nCoV outbreaks by isolation of cases and contacts While in London I co-worked on a paper about the…
Friday, 31.01.2020 – The Distribution Zoo
Link of the day: The Distribution Zoo This is an online app that allows you to conveniently visualize different distributions and gives you the mean…
Thursday, 30.01.2020 – Can Statisticians Forecast Better than A guy With A Pencil?
Link of the day: Delphi Epicast I am currently working on a master thesis that tries to predict cases of Ebola in Congo. The models…
R – Two histograms in One Plot
Recently I was doing Bayesian analysis and wanted to visualize the prior and the posterior distribution of one of my parameters in one plot to…
Sunday, 22.12.2019 – How Robust is the t-Test?
Link of the day: The t-test and its robustness to non-normality. The t-Test usually assumes normality for observations in the groups to be compared. But…