Essays on Causal Inference

A series of accessible explanations of causal effects, confounding, and randomization.

October 29, 2022 · 6 min

Under null hypothesis, p-values are uniformly distributed

A simulation-based look at why p-values are uniformly distributed under the null hypothesis.

October 6, 2022 · 1 min

Practical significance is the North Star

Why practical significance should guide the interpretation of statistical results.

March 3, 2021 · 2 min

A layman's explanation of Law of Large numbers

An intuitive explanation of the law of large numbers using coin flips and everyday examples.

December 17, 2020 · 2 min

Who and when should one use Multi-Armed Bandits? A scenario.

A humorous scenario illustrates when multi-armed bandits can help with experimentation.

October 11, 2020 · 3 min

Thompson Sampling Algorithm for Normal outcome distribution

An exploration of Thompson sampling for normally distributed outcomes with unknown mean and variance.

September 10, 2020 · 7 min

Learning Resources

A collection of learning resources for data science, statistics, and causal inference.

August 18, 2020 · 3 min