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Moments of a Random Variable Explained

June 09, 2015 by Will Kurt

Why is Variance related to X squared? To understand this we need to understand Moments of a Random Variable. Read on to learn about the relationship between Variance, Moments of a Random Variable and Jensen's inequality. 

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June 09, 2015 /Will Kurt
variance and expectation, June 2015
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Writing Finnegans Wake with a Recurrent Neural Net

May 26, 2015 by Will Kurt

A short post playing with the idea of using a Recurrent Neural Network to automatically generate text from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.

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May 26, 2015 /Will Kurt
May 2015, Machine Learning
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Small List of Gigantic Books for Summer Reading!

May 20, 2015 by Will Kurt

Some people like "light" beach reading during the summer. I prefer sinking my teeth into a massive, challenging and summer long book. Here are a few of my favorites.

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May 20, 2015 /Will Kurt
May 2015
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Bayesian A/B Testing: A Hypothesis Test that Makes Sense

May 12, 2015 by Will Kurt

Confused by Hypothesis tesing used in A/B Tests? In this post we take a look at building an A/B from scratch the Bayesian way!

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May 12, 2015 /Will Kurt
May 2015, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, popular
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Using Bayes' Factor to Build a Voight-Kampff Test!

May 05, 2015 by Will Kurt

Learn about Bayes Factor by recreated the famous Voight-Kampff test from the movie Blade Runner.

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May 05, 2015 /Will Kurt
bayesian, May 2015
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Bayesian Priors for Parameter Estimation

April 21, 2015 by Will Kurt

We've already looked at Bayesian Parameter Estimation, now we'll learn how to use Prior Probabilities in our Parameter Estimation to get better results.

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April 21, 2015 /Will Kurt
April 2015, parameter estimation
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Parameter Estimation - The PDF, CDF and Quantile Function

April 14, 2015 by Will Kurt

Discover the fundamental of Bayesian Parameter estimation. Learn to use the Probability Density Function, Cumulative Distribution Function and Quantile Function to estimate unknown values in our data.

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April 14, 2015 /Will Kurt
parameter estimation, April 2015
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Expectation and Variance from High School to Grad School

April 07, 2015 by Will Kurt

Many people find the ideas of Expectation and Variance confusing. In part this is because the way we view these concepts changes as our understanding grows in sophistication. In this post we'll look at the way these definitions change from their basic High School intro to the view of Rigorous Probability Theory.

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April 07, 2015 /Will Kurt
basics, variance and expectation, April 2015
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