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

    O'Reilly

    3 HN recommenders · recommended in 4 months, 2015–2025

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    11:48 · 61K views · Oct 17, 2014

    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 formulas.

    HN recommends it as an excellent programmer-friendly explanation of p-values and statistical thinking.

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    4 comments from Hacker News

    1. @TallGuyShortNov 2015· in “Not Even Scientists Can Easily Explain P-values”

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

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @armanboyaciMar 2025· in “Statistical Formulas for Programmers (2013)”

      >Being able to apply statistics is like having a secret superpower. I totally with this sentence. BUT If you ask for my opinion, merely knowing a list of statistical formulas is not very helpful. Most of the time, people don’t remember the underlying assumptions, so there is a fair chance they will use them in inappropriate situations. I recommend watching these two YouTube videos. The presenters advocate using simulation/bootstrapping/shuffling methods instead of memorizing formulas. Jake Vanderplas - Statistics for Hackers [LINK] John Rauser - Statistics Without the Agonizing Pain this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    3. @jrauserJan 2015· in “Twitter’s new R package for anomaly detection”

      I have a talk in which I argue that if you can program, you have a huge advantage in learning statistics because you can simulate random processes and tinker with them to get an intuitive sense of the statistics involved. At Data Driven NYC: [LINK] Keynote at Strata+Hadoop World 2014: this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    4. @harveywiJun 2016· in “Statistics for Hackers [video]”

      Similar in spirit to John Rauser's 2014 Strata Conference + Hadoop World keynote "Statistics Without the Agonizing Pain" ( this video ).

      CitesView on HN