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Back to SearchS3E24: The Wright Stuff – The Beauty of Path Tracing Rules
Season 3 Episode 24
In this week's episode Patrick and Greg explore Sewall Wright's path tracing rules as an alternative to covariance and matrix algebra, including how …
4 years, 5 months ago
S3E23: The Mättrix Part II: Using Matrices To Our Advantage
Season 3 Episode 23
In this week's episode Greg and Patrick continue their discussion from last week in The Mättrix Part Deux, exploring the magic of matrices including …
4 years, 5 months ago
S3E22: The Mättrix Part I: Defining & Manipulating Matrices
Season 3 Episode 22
In this first of two episodes, Patrick and Greg lay the foundations of matrix algebra, mathematically and geometrically, and start connecting these i…
4 years, 6 months ago
S3E21: A Low-Resolution Discussion of Sampling Distributions
Season 3 Episode 21
In this week's episode Greg and Patrick discuss the critical distinction between sample distributions and sampling distributions, and explore all the…
4 years, 6 months ago
S3E20: The Rise of Machine Learning in the Social Sciences with Doug Steinley
Season 3 Episode 20
Patrick and Greg discuss the rise of machine learning in the social sciences with guest Doug Steinley, Professor in the Department of Psychology at t…
4 years, 6 months ago
S3E19: Social Network Analysis: Making Connections with Tracy Sweet
Season 3 Episode 19
In this week's episode Greg and Patrick have a wonderfully engaging conversation with social network analysis expert Tracy Sweet who is an Associate …
4 years, 6 months ago
S3E18: Aunt Roz's Guide to Latent Means Models
Season 3 Episode 18
In this week's episode Patrick and Greg discuss latent means models to conduct group mean comparisons while controlling for measurement error, which …
4 years, 7 months ago
S3E17: Logistic Regression: 2 Logit 2 Quit
Season 3 Episode 17
Greg and Patrick explore the generalized linear model as a powerful framework for building regression models for binary and other discretely distribu…
4 years, 7 months ago
S3E16: Your COVID Rapid Test Result: Are You Positive You're Positive?
Season 3 Episode 16
In today's episode, Patrick and Greg use the context of COVID rapid tests to discuss issues of sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predic…
4 years, 7 months ago
S3E15: Heywood You Help Me With Negative Residual Variances?
Season 3 Episode 15
In today's episode Greg & Patrick discuss the causes, consequences, and potential solutions associated with negative residual variances in factor ana…
4 years, 7 months ago