Data and the stories they tell

Does debiasing estimates lead to better predictions?

lasso

penalized regression

model selection

interpretability

For predictions, debiasing often does more harm than good.

What do we mean by glass-box, exactly?

model selection

glass-box modeling

interpretability

analysis

R

Are glass-box models a novelty or a necessity?

Did Denver’s 2022 ‘Zero Fare for Cleaner Air’ campaign actually work?

news

analysis

environment

time series

R

A data-dictated look at whether Denver’s free August public transit policy had its intended effect on air quality.

Detecting interactions in R

statistical computation

analysis

interpretability

model selection

R

But what about interactions; are any of those significant?

Welcome to Data Diction

glass-box modeling

model selection

Data: things known or assumed as facts, making the basis of reasoning or calculation