Secret Santa List Using Python
It’s that time of year again. Christmas. Buying presents is a chore and stressful, so a popular option is Secret […]
Liar’s Dice in R
I have been playing Red Dead Redemption 2, immersing myself in the Old West as I did with the first […]
Hidden Markov Model example in R with the depmixS4 package
Recently I developed a solution using a Hidden Markov Model and was quickly asked to explain myself. What are they […]
Bayesian Network Example with the bnlearn Package
Bayesian Networks are probabilistic graphical models and they have some neat features which make them very useful for many problems. […]
Simple Parallel Processing in R
I recently purchased a new laptop with an Intel i7-8750 6 core CPU with multi-threading meaning I have 12 logical […]
Cribbage: Optimal Hand (part 1)
Cribbage is one of my favourite card games and have been playing it ever since I could count. It is […]
Probability of Selecting Matched Pairs and the Hypergeometric Distribution
The problem Consider a case where we have a bag of marbles of size . The bag consists of black […]
PCA vs Autoencoders for Dimensionality Reduction
There are a few ways to reduce the dimensions of large data sets to ensure computational efficiency such as backwards […]
Confidentialise Your Data with the randomNames Package
Sensitive data has it’s restrictions for good reason. Personal data such as names and other identifiable information should be protected. […]
Improve Your Training Set with Unsupervised Learning
On my previous post Advanced Survey Design and Application to Big Data I mentioned unsupervised learning can be used to […]
Advanced Survey Design and Application to Big Data
I like to describe Official statistics as the All Bran of statistics, it’s bland and a bit boring but it […]
Deep Neural Network from Scratch in R
Neural networks evolved in the computer science domain are often the first thing people think of when they hear machine […]
Unsupervised Random Forest Example
A need for unsupervised learning or clustering procedures crop up regularly for problems such as customer behavior segmentation, clustering of […]
Design Matrix for Regression Explained
Recently I was asked about the design matrix (or model matrix) for a regression model and why it is important. […]
Introduction to Outlier Detection
Outlier detection and treatment is an important part of data analysis and one of the first things you should do […]
