Mean: a.k.a. “Simple average.” You get to it by adding up all of the components and then dividing by the number of components. The downside to it is that it’s easily affected by outliers. Median: It’s the medium number in an order data set. If n is the number of observations, the formula would be: […]
Monthly Archives: May 2019
Practicing Programming with Gladiabots
I recently purchased a game called “Gladiabots” on Steam, apperently it came out four or five days ago. Their Websites elevator pitch is: AI COMBAT ARENA Assemble your robot squad, construct their AI and send them in the battle arena to see your strategy play out. Iterate, improve and repeat until you outsmart […]
Uranium for Long Term Investment?
I was curious to see Uranium reserves around the world. I wasn’t aware that Australia was number one, China and former USSR countries have a hefty amount, but US and allies seem to be on top. As societies become more complex, the amount of energy require to maintain it (think not only transportation with […]
Categorical Variables Visualization
The four most common representations of categorical variables are: Frequency Distribution Tables Bar Charts Pie Charts Pareto Diagrams Finding intervals The formula for this is: (largest number – smallest number) / number of desired intervals It’s a good idea to round them up if provided a decimal. After this the objective is to figure […]
Data Types and Measurement Scales
Data can be separated into two main groups: It’s type and measurement level. Data types can be categorical and numerical. Categorical: It can be groups in things such as company brands, but also yes and no questions and these two answers would be classified into two categories. Numerical: This is numerical data. This data can […]
Thoughts on Creativity
I saw a post on LinkedIn yesterday that brought back memories of information I’ve read in the past, but I can’t find the exact source. The OP from LinkedIn claimed that creativity was a choice and that the correlation with creativity, which went up in 20’s, then declined to get back up in the 50’s, […]