Below is a story, summary, the assumptions, and some use cases to help you understand how Bayesian optimization works. Visit statisticalstories.xyz/bayesian-optimization to read all this and play with an interactive visualization to help you fully understand this optimization strategy. Overview Once upon a time, there was a curious guy named Dave…

Below is a story, the assumptions, alternative tests, the formula and some use cases to help you understand the chi-square statistical test. Visit statisticalstories.xyz/chi-square to read all this and play with an interactive visualization to help you fully understand this statistical test. The Story Once upon a time, there was an enthusiastic…

Below is a story, the assumptions, alternative tests, the formula and some use cases to help you understand the ANOVA statistical test. Visit statisticalstories.xyz/anova to read all this and play with an interactive visualization to help you fully understand this statistical test. The Story Once upon a time, there was an orchard…

Below is a story, the assumptions, and some use cases to help you understand the k-nearest neighbors algorithm. Visit statisticalstories.xyz/k-nearest-neighbors to read all this and play with some interactive visualizations to help you fully understand this algorithm. The Story Once upon a time, there was a curious fellow named Dave who loved…

Below is a story and some additional information to help you understand the Poisson distribution. Visit statisticalstories.xyz/poisson to read all this and play with some interactive visualizations to help you fully understand this distribution. The Story Once upon a time, there was a bakery run by a friendly baker named Dave. After…

(This story is also available to read at https://techwithdave.xyz) Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a good choice for an Elasticsearch deployment as it is a managed Kubernetes service that offers a free tier, scalability, high availability, and security features. …

Below is a story, the assumptions, and some examples to help you understand the normal (aka Gaussian) distribution. Visit statisticalstories.xyz/normal to read all this and play with some interactive visualizations to help you fully understand this distribution. The Story Once upon a time, there was a farmer named Dave. Dave had a…

Below is a story and some additional information to help you understand the negative binomial distribution. Visit statisticalstories.xyz/negative-binomial to read all this and play with some interactive visualizations to help you fully understand this distribution. The Story Once upon a time, there was a man named Dave who loved playing basketball. He…

Before going on a trip to South America, I wanted to learn some phrases and vocabulary. To help me do this, I signed back into my Duolingo account, specified that I wanted to learn Spanish for my trip and began the lessons. Quickly I became disappointed by the slow progress…