Vital Statistics
Kareem Carr, PhDA newsletter about statistics as a way of seeing the world—not just numbers, but critical thinking, discernment, and structured sensemaking.
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It's been one week and I'm slowly settling into the Substack format. Over the next few months, here are the types of posts you can expect to see in the Vital Statistics feed.
Shorts: Statistics thoughts of the day. 1-2 minute reads.
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How I Learned to Think Like a Statistician
When I first studied statistics in high school, it appeared to me not as a revelation, but as a jumble of bizarre formulas that defied explanation. I could not for the life of me make sense of it. The calculations were mechanical and joyles...
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Statistician. Harvard PhD. 170k+ followers on Twitter. Experience in statistical consulting, data science workshops, and on the computational biology of cancer.
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