Eric AdsettsPredicting Soccer Transfer ValuesIn club soccer, acquiring players works differently than in American sports. In baseball, basketball, and football players are acquired as…2 min read·Nov 17, 2020----
Eric AdsettsHow to Predict an ElectionEvery four years since 2008 Nate Silver has created a model using statistics to attempt to forecast the results of the presidential…4 min read·Aug 26, 2020----
Eric AdsettsContinuous Probability DistributionsIn probability, mathematicians use continuous distributions to model situations where the random variable is continuous. Two obvious…3 min read·Aug 12, 2020----
Eric AdsettsDiscrete DistributionsIn mathematics, many different statistical distributions model varying situations. These distributions fall into two categories, discrete…3 min read·Jul 29, 2020----
Eric AdsettsBeing Aware of Bias in Data ScienceMy first exposure to the dangers of poorly implemented data science was from an episode of the podcast, “99 Percent Invisible” called “The…3 min read·Jul 14, 2020----