Today I write about doctors, but not about those who have this label because they “know”, so dotti. As Giovanni also says in a famous sketch by Aldo Giovanni and Giacomo, the doctor is interested in the symptoms, not the diagnosis. Many patients go to the doctor and tell them”I have x,y,z, searching on Google …
Primary care physicians and statisticians, things in common. Read More »
Does statistics, or in this case data science, expire like pasteurized milk or does it have an expiration date similar to that of long-life milk? Or does statistics have the problems of electronic devices that improve every year? Does statistics have a programmed obsolescence, even if that of milk is an expiration made in good …
Does statistics have obsolescence, planned obsolescence, or senescence? Read More »
Introduction One of the objectives of statistics is to explain the variability of a phenomenon of interest, through a mathematical expression, i.e. an equation called a model, made up of an objective (dependent) variable and explaining (explanatory, independent) variables. . If the target variable has no variability, then we do not have a variable but …
How to recognize a computer scientist doing statistics and why you need to be careful Read More »
