PinnedJasper McChesneyWhy you should summarize your data with the geometric mean(or two other common statisitcs)15 min read·Dec 15, 2016--18--18
Jasper McChesneyTrends in Board Game MechanicsAn Analysis of BoardGameGeek Data6 min read·Nov 10, 2022----
Jasper McChesneyinCodeXYou’re Telling Me This Is Data Science?Misconceptions About Working In Data3 min read·Jun 18, 2022--7--7
Jasper McChesneyAmazing Things I’ve Heard in Interviews I’ve FailedI actually haven’t interviewed that many times. I feel like half the time I get the job, and the other half of the time it’s a horrendous…3 min read·Jan 20, 2022--6--6
Jasper McChesneyinTowards Data ScienceSix Skills for Data Work — It’s Not All TechnicalGo Beyond Coding To Be Useful And Employed3 min read·Mar 25, 2021--1--1
Jasper McChesneyNice write-up of this position, Erik. I'm of the same persuasion.I've seen the same thing in the R world, between different dialects. I even wrote a piece comparing one approach (the “tidyverse”) to a…1 min read·Mar 22, 2021--1--1
Jasper McChesneyAre dashboards dead? Kind of. Which I think makes them undead.No, they're not dead: because people keep asking for them, and other people keep making them.1 min read·Mar 16, 2021----
Jasper McChesneyinExcursionsFantasy Class MixerA Generic Class System for Fantasy Games2 min read·Feb 10, 2021----
Jasper McChesneyinTowards Data ScienceOverwhelmed by R? Start SlowA First Lesson in R Commands For the Non-Programmer4 min read·Oct 26, 2020--1--1
Jasper McChesneyinTowards Data ScienceHow I Teach RLast year I started teaching a six-week R programming course at a university. Here’s my approach.5 min read·Oct 15, 2020----