External Course
Data Science - Part IV - Regression Analysis and ANOVA Concepts
Data Science - Part XVI - Fourier Analysis
Data Science - Part XV - MARS, Logistic Regression, & Survival Analysis
How Can We Trust Machine Learning?
Using Bayesian Optimization to Tune Machine Learning Models
Proper Use and Misuse of Modeling - DSA ADS Course 2022
DSA ADS Course - 2022
Discuss the proper use and misuse of modeling. Discuss formulating appropriate assumptions and danger of simplifying assumptions. Discuss methods to evaluate and judge reasonable, dubious or untestable assumptions.
Discuss appropriate setting of model specifications and parameters.
Discuss subjecting models to rigorous empirical tests to avoid creating an illusion of reality.
Review:
Appropriate Use of RT-PCR Test - DSA ADS Course - 2022
DSA ADS Course - 2022
Discuss appropriate use and misuse of RT-PCR Test. Discuss Laboratory Quality Assurance. Review thoughts and methods of test inventor Dr. Kary Mullis.
Discuss real-world decision making based on test results. Review case histories of using RT-PCR Test for different purposes. Discuss cycle threshold (Ct) values of PCR test and methods to set appropriate Ct values for different situations.
False Data and False Positive Paradox - DSA ADS Course - 2022
DSA ADS Course - 2022
Discuss quality of data; quality and strength of evidence; false data, decision making; and the false positive paradox.
Abstract
The Illusion of Evidence Based Medicine
DSA ADS Course - 2022
Discuss quality of evidence in general and in context of providing a solid scientific foundation for medicine.
Illusion of Evidence Based Medicine - March, 2022
Summary
Evidence based medicine has been corrupted by corporate interests, failed regulation, and commercialisation of academia, argue these authors