Survivor Do or Die: Should you sit out or fight for immunity?
Simulation analysis in R to determine the odds of success behind the Do or Die twist in Survivor
Category: Data Science
survivoR v1.0 is now on CRAN
I’m happy to announce that survivoR v1.0 is now on CRAN. The package now contains all the features intended for […]
Racial Bias in Survivor: Are People of Colour Disproportionately Voted Out First?
After episode 9 of season 42 of Survivor, there was a lot of discussion of implicit racial bias in Survivor. […]
survivoR now on CRAN!
I am pleased to announce survivoR 0.9.2 is now on CRAN. The survivoR data package is a collection of datasets […]
Don’t get fooled by the Gambler’s Fallacy
A while ago I simulated Martingale strategies and some variations. This is the strategy where you double your bet on […]
Evolve new colour palettes in R with evoPalette
What’s that saying? Choice is the enemy of happiness, or something like that. There are so many colour palettes out […]
Some basics and intuition behind GAN’s in R and Python
Generative Adversarial Networks are great for generating something from essentially nothing and there are some interesting uses for them. Most […]
Simulating data with Bayesian networks
Bayesian networks are really useful for many applications and one of those is to simulate new data. Bayes nets represent […]
Use more of your data with matrix factorisation
Previously I posted on how to apply gradient descent on linear regression as an example. With that as background it’s […]
Bayesian estimation of fatality rates and accidents involving cyclists on Queensland roads
In my previous post I built a Shiny app mapping accidents on Queensland roads which was great at showing the […]
Queensland road accidents mapped with Shiny and leaflet in R
The Queensland government collects data on road accidents dating back to 1st January 2001 and details characteristics of the incident […]
Applying gradient descent – primer / refresher
Every so often a problem arises where it’s appropriate to use gradient descent, and it’s fun (and / or easier) […]
Martingale strategies don’t work, but we knew that – Simulation analysis in R
It’s generally accepted that Martingale betting strategies don’t work. But people still gravitate towards them because they are intuitive. I […]
Adding Custom Fonts to ggplot in R
ggplot – You can spot one from a mile away, which is great! And when you do it’s a silent […]
The Most Amount of Rain over a 10 Day Period on Record
Townsville, Qld, has been inundated with torrential rain and has broken the record of the largest rainfall over a 10 […]
