Not So Standard Deviations

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Not So Standard Deviations episodes

January 24, 2022 150 - Microdosing Data Science
Hilary and Roger discuss Sir David Cox, esport competitions, and hand out more bad career advice.

Show Notes:

Sir David Cox

The Cox Model

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57 min
January 07, 2022 149 - Data Analyst End Game
Hilary and Roger discuss Theranos (for the last time??), Excel as e-sport, and Hilary gives some more bad career advice.

Show Notes:

Financial Modeling World Cup Finals

The Missing Analytics Executive

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1 hr 5 min
December 28, 2021 148 - Not The Holiday Episode You Were Hoping For
Roger and Hilary discuss the meaning of the Christmas spirit.

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13 min
December 10, 2021 147 - Data Science TPS Reports
Hilary and Roger have a winding discussion about rubrics and check lists. And Hilary observed a functional data science team in the wild.

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1 hr 14 min
December 01, 2021 146 - Riding the Data Scientist Title
Hilary and Roger follow up on Zillow, talk about negotiation in data science, and discuss the title of data scientist.

Show Notes:

WSJ Article on Zillow

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1 hr
November 12, 2021 145 - Get Used to Being Unhappy
Hilary and Roger discuss data analysis and communication, analysis correctness, Zillow Offers, and another installment of Hilary's Bad Career Advice.

Show Notes:

Hilary Parker on Casual Inference Podcast

Episode 35 with Sean Taylor

What Data Folk Were Saying About Zillow

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1 hr 9 min
October 29, 2021 144 - Taxonomy of Misery
Hilary and Roger inaugurate a new segment: Hilary's Bad Advice. Also they discuss spacecraft trajectories calculated with Excel, Theranos, filesystems, and San Francisco data analysis politics.

Show Notes:

Trajectory Design of the Lucy Mission

Theranos Ask a Manager

File Not Found

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56 min
October 18, 2021 143 - Analytic Discovery Process
Hilary and Roger discuss scientific discovery vs. building and designing analyses, Hilary giving bad advice, and Hilary's new career!

Show Notes:

Analytics Power Hour

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57 min
October 04, 2021 142 - Truth or Useful
Hilary and Roger keep track of the Elizabeth Holmes trial, follow up on useful models and formal analysis, and discuss data analysis requirements and experimental design.

Show Notes:

Latin square

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1 hr 5 min
September 20, 2021 141 - Useful Models
Hilary and Roger discuss whether models should be correct or useful.

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1 hr 3 min