A future of data science
summary
Argues that computation — not theory — made modern data science, demonstrating bootstrap resampling on BRFSS heights in nine lines of code to show men are about 14.43 cm taller with tiny confidence intervals and very small p‑values, then applies the same method to standard deviation and coefficient of variation. Uses NSFG to answer whether first babies run late, cites Our World in Data and Gapminder to show long‑term improvements, and warns cohort happiness drops for those born in the 1990s–2000s with 84% failing a quiz about disaster deaths.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 0:32Pregnancy length analysis
- 3:26History of data science
- 5:58Computational statistics demo
- 15:29Hype cycle of data science
- 18:30Data journalism and happiness
- 23:42Data as an antidote to doom
- 29:09A plea for open science
- 32:40Q&A and conclusion
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