Image by Author A deep dive into the causes, effects, and remedies for bias in regression models Sachin Date · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 25 min read · 7 hours ago — This pack of peanut M&Ms weighs 45 grams. (Image by Author) Mars Inc. has likely priced this pack to perfection. But how does Mars know how many peanut M&Ms to stuff into a 45g pack? One could simply divide 45
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Photo by Stephen Cobb on Unsplash A primer on two concepts that form the substrate of regression analysis Sachin Date · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 19 min read · 19 hours ago — Few incidents in history exemplify how thoroughly conditional probability is woven into human thought, as remarkably as the events of September 26, 1983. Just after midnight on September 26, a Soviet Early Warning Satellite flagged a possible ballistic missile
Image by Author If you like chocolate, this proof will feel like the multi-layered magic of a Mars bar Sachin Date · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 24 min read · 8 hours ago — There are, in essence, two ways to prove the Central Limit Theorem. The first one is empirical while the second one employs the quietly perfect precision of mathematical thought. I’ll cover both methods in this article. In the