Category archive for ‘Mathematics’ 
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Being led astray by numbers
Hindsight is oh so clear, but the recent (ongoing?) meltdown of the credit market still amazes me. There is a good article in Wired this month, talking about some of the math that led everyone astray. In the end, there is a lesson for data analysts in all this too; Do not believe the numbers [...]
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Fake Data
Its amazing how hard it is to make fake data. If you don't believe me you probably havn't tried it. By this I mean data that provides a reasonable test set for data analysis - not trying to fake data for some shady or illicit purpose. (I imagine, in some ways that might actually be [...]
