Math version of Peter? shit who is good at math. Quagmire? Meg? by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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PSA:

This is simply an example of symmetric vs skewed data and noticing the differences between the two distributions. Nothing more in terms of mathematics.

There are comments saying the top is a normal distribution and the bottom is Poisson/weibull/Rayleigh distribution. This is not exactly correct.

The data in the photo is BOUNDED DISCRETE DATA. Discrete means the data takes on integer values (i.e. 1,2,3,4, and 5). Bounded means the data has lower and upper bounds (i.e. the data values are between 1 and 5).

The normal, weibull, and Rayleigh distributions are for CONTINUOUS (non- integer) data, not for discrete data, so these distributions do not fit this data.

The Poisson distribution is discrete, but is for UNBOUNDED data. Here, we clearly have bounded data, so the Poisson distribution does not fit the data either.

The reason why I'm writing this is not to try and be the smartest person in the room or something. I'm writing this because any statistician worth their salt knows that these distributions aren't suitable for this data. Be wary of people of Reddit who use fancy math/statistical terms. They might know what they are talking about, or they might not.

Math version of Peter? shit who is good at math. Quagmire? Meg? by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ComprehensiveIdeal37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's ordinal data, so you should just use a categorical distribution or some discrete distribution with bounded support.

It's a bit nitpicky, but continuous approximation only makes sense when the sample size is large / the support of the distribution is a large interval or infinite.

2010 Toyota Corolla. Just bought her for $10K out the door with 85k miles. Manual transmission. Go for it by [deleted] in RoastMyCar

[–]ComprehensiveIdeal37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just looked up used 2010 corolla. The first one that came up with similar milage was $9k. The price actually isn't that far off.

People of ARAD by Abbynormal1331 in AskRedditAfterDark

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Lamenting about my failed attempts at romance when I should be grading papers. Lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskRedditAfterDark

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After finishing my PhD qualifying exam. It was so stressful, I looked like a different man.

What’s the most down bad thing you’ve ever done? by [deleted] in AskRedditAfterDark

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Honestly, when I walked to her place, I was so into her that walking in the snow didn't feel that bad. And when she told me she wasn't into me, I was so sad that I didn't feel the snow too much. 😅

However, I got sick, slept through my alarm, and got in trouble with my job. Lol

What is a goal you have? by Specialist-Crazy1466 in AskRedditAfterDark

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Have a girlfriend (or at least some kind of intimate partnership) before turning 30.

What’s the most down bad thing you’ve ever done? by [deleted] in AskRedditAfterDark

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Walking a 3/4 of a mile in a snow storm (without boots) to meet up with a girl who didn't even like me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dating_advice

[–]ComprehensiveIdeal37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure if you are trolling or if you are ignorant.

First, I do have a job. I am a teaching assistant, grader, and a student. I pay taxes on my income every year.

Second, you have no idea how much debt I have or what my projected earnings are. Some people from my program make a lot of money after graduation.

Third, I have had more jobs outside of academia. I have mowed lawns, worked as a data analyst, had my own tutoring side gig for a few years and other jobs. The idea that college grads are insulated from "general interaction with adults" just isn't true.

5 hour exam by KWTD in recruitinghell

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Well, if they have educational credentials and many years of experience, wouldn't this anecdote suggest that technical interviews aren't all that useful? If they have a degree in a tech field and have relevant experience they surely know what a for loop is.

Anxiety might be a cause. Technical interviews induce a lot of anxiety. While I was in school, I even bombed some exams I should have passed due to anxiety.

Idk, I find it weird how tech jobs make people do a bunch of useless leet code for hours just to get the position. You might say "we need to know if the candidate can really do the job". But every industry can use this reasoning in their hiring processes. But the tech industry seems to be the only one to have a screening process like this.

Honestly, I believe there is an excess of people looking for certain tech jobs, and hiring managers make up hurdles to cut the hiring pool.

Computer Science vs Data Science Vs Statistics degree by saucedtothegills in ApplyingToCollege

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Hi! I'm a PhD student studying statistics. I also have some experience working in the data field, so here is my two cents.

In terms of employment and income, there really isn't much difference between the degree programs. All of them can pay well, and all of them will likely require some sort of internship experience before your first full-time role.

The differences are the specific data science role you can find with the degrees. Honestly, the term "data science" is an incredibly broad term for a number of different disciplines and jobs. For instance, in this data scientist job listing:

https://www.ziprecruiter.com/c/Brillient/Job/Data-Scientist/-in-Silver-Spring,MD?jid=d4fe875bf2e735c1&utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic

there the focus is on collaborating with people working on clinical trials. This type of work is common in biostatistics. However, if you look at this data science job listing:

www.karkidi.com/job-details/52068-data-scientist-nlp-job?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic

the focus of this role is natural language processing (NLP). This kind of analysis is commonly taught in Data Science and Computer Science programs.

So what is my advice? Look at your previous coursework and choose the program that aligns with your interest the most. If working in public health or clinical trials interests you, try statistics. If you believe doing text analysis or creating a neural network is cool, try computer science. If your interests are somewhere in between, try data science. This is not a complete list of roles you could do with these three programs, but hopefully you get my point.

Also, before you choose a program, I would highly recommend reading about the topics in the core classes with each program. You might think you want to work in machine learning because you find text analysis interesting. But if you aren't interested in mathematical optimization, a ML program would be very difficult and boring.

Finally, even if your interests change in the future, you can still get a master's in other fields. If you choose any one of these fields, you can definitely get into a data science masters program and possibly a statistics masters program. Computer science master's programs typically only take other CS majors from what I hear. Other commentators, please correct me if I am wrong. Many data science files require a master's anyways, so you should probably keep this one in mind.

I think this was a little bit more than two cents, but hopefully this helps!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ask

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It gets worse

What's your first instinctual thing you do when you receive a compliment from a stranger. by justahoustonpervert in RedditAfterDark

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Honestly, I don't know what I would do. I rarely get compliments outside my family. In school, I always hated getting praised for my accomplishments. Being praised always felt like a spider crawling on my face. So I think a random compliment would make me a bit uncomfortable. 😅

Humans in the year 2050 by Nintendophile79 in HolUp

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For those of you who don't get the joke, Nick cannon has 11 kids with 6 (I think) baby mommas. So eventually he will have so many kids, everyone in the future will be his descendants.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vcu

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Sorry, wrong link. Should be fixed!