Maria Mouschoutzi, PhD

DATA ANALYSIS Why descriptive statistics aren’t enough and plotting your data is always essential Maria Mouschoutzi, PhD · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 9 min read · 9 hours ago — Image created by the author using GPT-4 Ever heard a co-worker confidently declaring something like “The longer I lose at roulette, the closer I am to winning?”, or had a boss that demanded you to not overcomplicate things and provide “just one

STATISTICS A look into the strange first digit distribution of naturally occurring datasets Maria Mouschoutzi, PhD · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 9 min read · 8 hours ago — Image created by the author using GPT-4 / All other images created by the author unless specified otherwise Ever heard a co-worker confidently declaring something like “The longer I lose at roulette, the closer I am to winning?” Or had a boss that

STATISTICS Is your data tricking you? What can you do about it? Maria Mouschoutzi, PhD · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 9 min read · 11 hours ago — Image created by the author using GPT-4 / All other images created by the author unless specified otherwise Water cooler small talk is a special kind of small talk, typically observed in office spaces around a water cooler. There, employees frequently share all kinds

Analysing 30 years of Olympic Games medals distribution and national wealth indicators Maria Mouschoutzi, PhD · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 13 min read · 21 hours ago — Image generated by the author using GPT-4o A lifetime ago, I was something of an athlete myself — when I was a little girl I did a little bit of rhythmic gymnastics. During the Athens 2004 Olympics, I remember sitting in front of the

Finding the best Pokémon team by modeling and solving a knapsack problem with PokeAPI and PuLP optimization Python library Maria Mouschoutzi, PhD · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 9 min read · 9 hours ago — Photo by Emmanuelle Magnenat on Unsplash In this post, I ‘ll show you how to model and solve an optimization problem in Python using the PuLP library and utilizing Pokémon data to illustrate the process. If you

Build an interactive map visualization displaying the shortest path between two points at sea within the Python Dash framework Maria Mouschoutzi, PhD · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 14 min read · 10 hours ago — Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash