by George Perrett - Applied Statistician and Research Scientist A/B testing has become commonplace in the business and tech community. The method allows decision makers to see which version of a product performs better and enables leaders to make evidence-informed decisions. Companies, political campaigns and market research firms often utilize these tests to improve website … Continue reading Exploring A/B Testing Mistakes: a simulation study
by George Perrett - Applied Statistician and Research Scientist What are your plans for the weekend? While it is easy to imagine that Americans spend their weekends differently, this is a challenging question to empirically validate. Describing the average American’s weekend plans is an easy exercise in descriptive statistics. On average, the typical American spends … Continue reading Working on the Weekend Like Usual: A cluster analysis of how Americans’ spend their weekends
by George Perrett - Applied Statistician and Research Scientist Feature Selection Choosing a coffee is fundamentally an exercise in prediction. Presumptive coffee drinkers are presented with an onslaught of variables describing a coffee’s origins, flavors, sent, texture and roasting processes. The combination of variables can rapidly increases to the point of becoming overwhelming. While to … Continue reading LASSO a better cup of coffee
by George Perrett - Applied Statistician and Research Scientist The Rise of Robinhood Amid the economic uncertainty, increased time spent at home and $1,200 stimulus checks, the spring and summer of 2020 witnessed noticeable increases in retail stock and ETF trading. The majority of this rise has taken place on the popular trading app Robinhood, which … Continue reading Stonks only go up, but does Robinhood popularity follow?
Image from Pixabay.com Multiple public and private entities work day and night to monitor, track and record the digital footprint left behind by internet users. Internet users are tracked for different reasons, including targeted advertising, government agency spying, content blocking and censorship, and identity theft. If you are worried about your safety and anonymity online, there … Continue reading How to be Anonymous Online – Best tools to protect your online privacy in 2021
BEST CODE EDITORS When learning to write code, whether you're learning HTML, Python, Javascript, or any other language, having the best code editor can greatly improve your skills and increase your learning speed. Below I have compiled a list of some of the best code editors. JetBrains: Developer Tools for Professionals and Teams By far … Continue reading Best Code Editors
Often times when scraping web data, accessing API's, or any other automated web activity through Python, you will want to use a web driver and/or proxy as levels of protection for your script and personal IP address. Using combinations of different web drivers and proxies can help ensure your process and personal IP are not blocked … Continue reading How to Run Web Drivers with Proxies in Python
Despite vastly available information and generations of adults becoming more and more tech savvy, it seems that many people are still at a loss when it comes to money management, pun intended. If you feel like you are one of those people lacking the knowledge, or even if you are an expert simply looking for more … Continue reading 10 Simple Money Management Steps
Guest Post by Luis Cruz A Quantitative Analysis of Volatility and Market Fundamentals for Trading in the Options Market Using Statistical Arbitrage Introduction In the last few decades, there has been an astonishing demand in the market for derivatives. Options are a very powerful tool for investors and traders. They are complex financial derivatives that … Continue reading A Quantitative Analysis of Volatility and Market Fundamentals for Trading in the Options Market Using Statistical Arbitrage
I am a firm believer in keeping company that is more intelligent than I. It would be naive of me to deny that a majority of what I've learned in recent years is mostly a result of the knowledge my friends have shared. As an attempt to show gratitude, I thought it would be fun … Continue reading An Interview with Luis Cruz
