Not So Standard Deviations

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Not So Standard Deviations episodes

October 30, 2019 90 - This Week in Algorithmic Bias
Hilary and Roger follow up on R as a first programming language (thanks Sean Kross!) and open source licensing and then discuss algorithmic bias in medicine and housing.

Also, NEW BOOK CLUB!

Show notes:

The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time

R as a first programming language

Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations

A New HUD Rule Would Effectively Encourage Discrimination by Algorithm

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1 hr 2 min
October 19, 2019 89 - Everyone Has a Life
Hilary and Roger have a wide-ranging discussion about coffee, Hilary’s essay on imposter syndrome, open source software business models, and R as a first programming language.

Show notes:

Episode 35 with Sean Taylor

Hilary's essay on imposter syndrome

In 2019, multiple open source companies changed course—is it the right move?

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1 hr 6 min
September 30, 2019 88 - Keep the Humans for the Human Stuff
Hilary and Roger discuss the RStudio Conference, Directions in Statistical Computing, the benefits of having a diversity of programming languages, and canola oil.

Show notes:

RStudio Conference 2020

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1 hr 17 min
September 16, 2019 87 - Leadership Skills for the Apocalypse
Hilary and Roger go behind the scenes of a new tool for building outfits that she helped build at Stitch Fix. Also, follow up on writing functions for data analysis and Hilary review's her milk frother.

Show notes:

Miles McBain thread

WIRED article on new Stitch Fix algorithm

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1 hr 20 min
August 22, 2019 86 - Pedal to the Metal
Hilary and Roger are back from their brief summer hiatus to discuss data analysis project organization, version control systems, foot pedals, conferences, and Roger's live-streaming.

Show notes:

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1 hr 16 min
July 25, 2019 85 - Old/old (with special guest Jenna Krall)
Roger welcomes special guest Jenna Krall to discuss cricket, data analysis project organization, and the difficulties in creating a dataset.

Show Notes:

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Jenna Krall: https://chhs.gmu.edu/profile/view/251051

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1 hr 2 min
July 10, 2019 84 - All the Easy Issues
Roger and Hilary follow up on leaf umbrellas and take some time to discuss what's happening with R, the Tidyverse, and RStudio and how it's related to what's happening more broadly in the world of the Internet.

Show notes:

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Leaf umbrella

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1 hr 13 min
June 27, 2019 83 - Cricket Maths
Hilary and Roger talk about Cricket math(s), livestreaming data analysis, Hilary's Style Challenge Friday, and an auto-rejecting paper bot.

Show notes:

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1 hr 1 min
June 13, 2019 82 - The Majority of Data Science is Data Science
Hilary and Roger talk about what people are really saying when they complain about data cleaning and follow up about the role of negotiation in data science. Also, some important discussion about closets and backpacks.

Show notes:

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59 min
May 23, 2019 81 - Getting to Yes with Data Analysis
Hilary and Roger discuss the book Getting to Yes and how it applies to data analysis. Also, more sports, breaking changes to R, and sampling.

Show notes:

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Sprawlball

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/

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1 hr 12 min