Thomas Alexander Stenberg

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-fivethirtyeight-is-forecasting-the-2016-ncaa-tournament/
I saw this article on five thirty eight when the ncaa brackets started to fill themselves out. It’s interesting to see how they use different metrics like strength of schedule and BPI to determine probabilities for each team winning all the way…[Read more]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-fivethirtyeight-is-forecasting-the-2016-ncaa-tournament/
I saw this article on five thirty eight when the ncaa brackets started to fill themselves out. It’s interesting to see how they use different metrics like strength of schedule and BPI to determine probabilities for each team winning all the way…[Read more]

I believe that both signal problem and bias were two very interesting topics that we covered last week. It’s very evident that individuals can create a signal problem (especially with review based sites) as they are generally going to give an extremely bias review based on a possibly good or bad experience they may have had; if everyone instead…[Read more]

I found a measurement of ocean events, like tides, possible tsunami warnings, temperatures, and atmospheric pressure. I found it by going to data.gov, which led me to the national data buoy center at http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/. I find it interesting due to the recent storm we had in the Mid-Atlantic which created a lot of flooding in the coastal…[Read more]