Walker HarrisoninTowards Data ScienceHow Does a Computer Draw a Smooth Line?Visualizing some of the intuition behind a statistical technique used to trace a line through data pointsJul 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017
Walker Harrisoninperplex.cityA [big, beautiful] Tree Grows in Brooklyn [if you’re wealthy]Measure a neighborhood not by its per-capita income or violent crime rate, but by the width and health of its trees.Apr 25, 20171Apr 25, 20171
Walker Harrisoninperplex.cityThe Search for SelfHow to obtain and analyze your history of Google searches, using myself as an example.Mar 9, 201714Mar 9, 201714
Walker Harrisoninperplex.cityHow to Estimate a Death TollTo scope a disaster, do you need an entire list of names or just a single popular one?Mar 2, 20171Mar 2, 20171
Walker Harrisoninperplex.cityI know where your mom likes to ride her bikeEvery Citi Bike route is favored by a certain demographic, from young men to elderly women.Feb 23, 2017Feb 23, 2017
Walker Harrisoninperplex.cityMemorylessness at the Bus StopWaiting for a bus is often characterized as a unique probabilistic scenario. Does it hold up when real data is examined?Feb 16, 20172Feb 16, 20172
Walker Harrisoninperplex.cityI shaved my head and more women started talking to meHow a little bit of statistics and game theory can justify making a radical change to your appearance.Feb 9, 2017Feb 9, 2017
Walker Harrisoninperplex.cityStatistics as religion in Trump’s AmericaHow Trump’s election and policies have challenged statistics’ status as an objective science.Feb 2, 20178Feb 2, 20178
Walker Harrisoninperplex.cityRange of DomainsDo the usual guiding principles about domain name value apply in the new .nyc universe?Jan 26, 2017Jan 26, 2017
Walker Harrisoninperplex.cityA Sign from BelowRunning text analysis on hundreds of homeless people’s signs can synthesize their collective message.Jan 19, 20171Jan 19, 20171