In this very special episode, Greg and Patrick host the Quantitude Holiday Party at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC. In addition to the traditional holiday Airing of Grievances, the party features a number of special guests from across the spectrum of quantitative methodology, some more inebriated than others. Please join us to end this […]
S2E16: Holiday Airing of Grievances Read More »
The episode begins with what Patrick believes will be a discussion of statistics in the news, but then turns into a surprise attack by Greg that rapidly devolves into a second edition of Pop Quiz (covering scales of measurement, probability and odds, intraclass correlation, null hypothesis significance testing, suppression, and Bayes’ Theorem). In addition to
S2E03: Pop Quiz 2020 — The Big Payback Read More »
Patrick and Greg celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Irish storytelling of some of their own epic academic fails, interspersed with a selection of quantitative limericks submitted by Quantitude listeners (as well as a few of their own). The final selections are read by a special guest (who, be warned in advance, is a bit grumpy).
S1E19: Live from The Rusty — Irish Storytelling & Quantitative Limericks Read More »
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S1E08: A Very Special Quantitude Special Holiday Special Read More »
Greg and Patrick plan the episode around one topic, but things take an unexpected turn as the episode rapidly devolves into a series of pop quiz questions thrown from Patrick at Greg and back again. Rules of engagement are negotiated on the spot: without preparation, each person has 90 seconds to respond to a question
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In the inaugural episode of Quantitude, Greg and Patrick introduce themselves, describe their goals for the podcast, and talk about their own professional trajectories — kind of like superhero origin stories, but without the “super” or “hero.” They also discuss what not to say in your application to a quantitative graduate program, a lifelong dream
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