Statistics

Statistics (otherwise known as Stats) is the mathematical and scientific study of real-world observable facts to predict outcomes, summarize a set of data, or identify trends.

Distribution

Gaussian Distribution

• Why Data Scientists love Gaussian?: https://towardsdatascience.com/why-data-scientists-love-gaussian-6e7a7b726859

Classification

Classification is the creation of topics as either a flat-list or a hierarchy of types. It is commonly used for organizing or grouping like information or objects into common logical divisions or sub-regions.

• wikipedia:Taxonomic classification
• Gaussian processes for classification: https://krasserm.github.io/2020/11/04/gaussian-processes-classification/

Probability

• wikipedia: Probability

Monte Carlo simulations

• wikipedia: Monte Carlo method
• Introduction to Monte Carlo simulation in Excel: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/introduction-to-monte-carlo-simulation-in-excel-64c0ba99-752a-4fa8-bbd3-4450d8db16f1

Data Science

• wikipedia: Data Science
• Data Science & DevOPs interesction -- Parsing workshop with Python: https://github.com/InsightDataScience/Parsing-Workshop

Tools

• Random.org: http://www.random.org ("true" randomizer/random-number generator)
• IBM -- Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS): https://www.ibm.com/analytics/data-science/predictive-analytics/spss-statistical-software

• flotr Project - Prototype-based Javascript Plotting Library: http://solutoire.com/flotr/
• PHPlot (open source plotting and graphing tool in PHP): http://sourceforge.net/projects/phplot/
• Potential problems in running PHPlot on *nix servers: http://us2.php.net/touch

• Will's JW MediaPlayer Stats Package: http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?thread=6522#msg35896
• SimpleStats package for JW Media Player: http://www.simplethoughtproductions.com/2007/09/27/simple-stats-is-born/
• SimpleStats Project: http://programmer-art.org/demo/simplestats/
• Most Basic Stats package for JW players: http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?thread=3830
• SimpleStats Plus: http://www.warkensoft.com/2006/11/simplestats-plus/

Resources

• WordPress -- JetPack - Annual stats report http://jetpack.me/annual-report/35881620/2012/
• Stat Trek -- Teach yourself statistics: http://stattrek.com/online-tutorials/tutorial-list.aspx
• Concepts & Applications of Inferential Statistics: http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/webtext.html
• StatSoft -- Statistica software (electronic Stats textbook): http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/
• HyperStat -- Online Statistics Textbook: http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/
• What is a Video View Count on YouTube, Metacafe, Revver, DailyMotion, etc.? -- Counting Views (Page.vs.Content): https://web.archive.org/web/20090219090919/http://videovoo.com/2007/09/25/what-is-a-video-view-count-on-youtube-metacafe-revver-dailymotion-etc/
• Consumer Cyclical Map (GRAPHING): http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3024-sm_consumer_cyclical_map.html

Tutorials

• Getting Started with Statistics Concepts: http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/elementary-statistics-concepts
• How to setup SimpleStats for JW Player: http://programmer-art.org/articles/tutorials/simple-stats-tutorial
• Statistics for people in a hurry: https://towardsdatascience.com/statistics-for-people-in-a-hurry-a9613c0ed0b
• Peter Norvig on Noam Chomsky and the "Two Cultures of Statistical Learning": http://norvig.com/chomsky.html

External Links

• wikipedia: Statistics
• wikipedia: Correlation does not imply causation
• wikipedia: Law of large numbers (LLN)
• wikipedia: Simpson's paradox
• Simpson’s Paradox - examples: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936043/
• NYTimes Tech -- How Different Groups Spend Their Day: http://www.nytimes.com//interactive/2009/07/31/business/20080801-metrics-graphic.html
• Solutions not Problems (solutions to some of the most common problems and most asked-for scripts on JW Forums): http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?thread=6080
• Stats package discussion: http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?thread=4815
• Professor Hans Rosling talks with Talis about Gapminder, data and more: http://blogs.talis.com/xiphos/2008/10/23/professor-hans-rosling-talks-with-talis-about-gapminder-data-and-more/
• Why Isn't Everything Normally Distributed?: http://java.dzone.com/articles/why-isnt-everything-normally
• Why the former USSR has far fewer men than women: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/08/14/why-the-former-ussr-has-far-fewer-men-than-women/

See Also

Mathematics | ML | NLP | Data Visualization | BigData | Web Analytics | Market Research | Spam filters