Tutorials

Here is a place to browse my tutorials! Feel free to browse or sort by category on the right side of the page. If you have any questions or ideas for new topics, let me know on Discord!

Hello, statistics. | Mathematical Statistics 0
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Mathematical Statistics
I recently finished STA 432 at Duke. For my fellow Duke students looking to take it: yes, it was that hard. But you’re smarter than me, so you will be fine! For the…
Mitch Harrison

Welcome to Estimators! | Mathematical Statistics 1
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Mathematical Statistics
Say we have some data \(\mathbf{X}\). It’s a vector, so just think of it like a list of \(n\) numbers. We want to learn something about how these data came to be. First, we…
Mitch Harrison

The Bias-Variance Tradeoff | Mathematical Statistics 2
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Mathematical Statistics
Last time, we noted that we cannot precisely calculate bias or variance since they are conditional on the parameter we are estimating in the first place. If we knew that…
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Jensen’s Inequality | Mathematical Statistics 3
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Mathematical Statistics
Hello again! Last time, we found the bias and variance of two different estimators and discussed the bias-variance tradeoff. Now that we have some necessary background…
Mitch Harrison

Our World in Emissions | TidyTutorial
Data Viz
Welcome! If you saw my post for this week’s TidyTuesday, I’m glad you liked it enough to learn from it! If not, you can either scroll to the bottom to see the final product…
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Campus Pride Index | TidyTutorial
Data Viz
In celebration of Pride Month, this week’s TidyTuesday provides data from the Campus Pride Index, which measures the safety and inclusivity of LGBTQ+ programs across…
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