“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.“ Albert Einstein Break Down the Goal In my first year teaching, I wasn’t sure if I should laugh or cry at the entirely vague state standard of “Use linear functions.” I ended up doing neither and instead spent several hours brainstorming all of theContinue reading “From the Math Classroom to the Boardroom: Keys to Presenting Technical Information Effectively”
Monthly Archives: December 2021
The Data Don’t Always Say What You Want to Hear: The Role of Cognitive Bias in Data Analysis
“If there’s something you really want to believe, that’s what you should question the most.” Penn Jillette It was 6th grade. I was sitting in the back of a (boring) language arts class when the boy seated next to me – a boy that I’d had a crush on for the entire semester – turnedContinue reading “The Data Don’t Always Say What You Want to Hear: The Role of Cognitive Bias in Data Analysis”
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Using A/B Testing to Assess Proposed Change
“If you never try, you’ll never know.” The Situation The developer of a phone-based game is concerned about the retention rate of customers who download the game after they saw this graphic in a company presentation. The developer was especially concerned about the customers that churned after the first day. This indicated that they wereContinue reading “Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Using A/B Testing to Assess Proposed Change”
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