A deep dive into a fraudulent study from Dan Ariely
Are bananas berries?
Forecasting FPL player scores
Education level of immigrants to Europe and US
Why you should use the Yeo-Johnson transformation
Investigation of Talebs claims about IQ using real data.
Exploring how best to use the Redlettermedia movie selection tool to your advantage.
Riddles from 538's The Riddler solved with programming
A seminal paper from 2000 investigated the impact of blind auditions in orchestras, and found that they increased the proportion of women in symphony orchestras. I investigate the study, and find that there is no good evidence presented.
Some explorations of music: Taste of music critics vs the public. Most acclaimed years of music. When did rock music die?
Which names are more cat-like, dog-like, and human-like?
Analysis of regression to the mean in children of exceptional parents