In this (technical) post, I illustrate how to calculate commonly used goodness of fit statistics. Goodness of fit statistics are essential components to doing statistical model building. They are how you tell whether your model is performing well ito explaining the patterns in your data. In practice, most of these are done automatically from the … Continue reading On being Sensitive and Specific – analytically speaking
Tag: decision trees
Decision Trees – intro
As mentioned before, I'm not a fan of using advanced analytic techniques for the sake of intellectual pursuits. I'm a HUGE fan of asking good questions, framing analysis well, knowing data well, quickly arriving at actionable insights. A trained data scientist's toolbox has many statistical techniques, each of which has strengths and weaknesses. A health … Continue reading Decision Trees – intro
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