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John Rauser: Classical analytical statistics relies on assumptions that are rarely true
“The analytical approach is not better. This is an approximation to a distribution under a model with a whole bunch of assumptions which are rarely true and are almost always ignored anyway.”
John Rauser: Working data scientists must know how to code
“Yeah, I mean, I think, ah, like a working data scientist has to be able to code, because if they can't fish for themselves, right?”
John Rauser says programming gives developers superpowers for learning statistics
“If you can program a computer You have superpowers when it comes to learning statistics, because being able to program allows you to tinker with the most fundamental ideas in statistics, the way you might have tinkered with electronics when you were a kid, or …”