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On November 5, 2019, I will be at PyData NYC to give a talk called The Inspection Paradox is Everywhere [UPDATE: The video from the talk is here]. Here’s the abstract: The inspection paradox is a statistical illusion you’ve probably never heard of. It’s a common source of confusion, an occasional cause of error, and an opportunity for clever experimental design. And once you know about it, you see it everywhere. The examples in the talk include social networks, transportation,... Read More Read Morehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Dartboard_diagram.svg/637px-Dartboard_diagram.svg.png