John Rauser keynote: "Statistics Without the Agonizing Pain" -- Strata + Hadoop 2014

Why it was recommended

This is an excellent talk I attended a while ago that explains it very well from a programmer's perspective

Strong recommendationTallGuyShort · Original2015-11

What it covers

John Rauser's Strata 2014 keynote argues that programmers can learn statistics quickly by simulating random processes and shuffling data. He explains p-values through resampling rather than. It is for someone meeting the subject for the first time.

Video details

Channel

O'Reilly

Length

11 min 48 sec

Year

2014

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