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Facebook Prophet: A Modern Approach to Time Series Forecasting
Understand how Facebook Prophet models trends, seasonality, and special events for accurate and interpretable forecasts.
Vidhi Chugh
November 5, 2025
Error Propagation: Understanding How Uncertainty Spreads Through Calculations
Understand how uncertainties in measurements affect calculated results and learn formulas and methods to quantify them across various mathematical operations.
Arunn Thevapalan
November 5, 2025
Understanding UMAP: A Comprehensive Guide to Dimensionality Reduction
Learn how UMAP simplifies high-dimensional data visualization with detailed explanations, practical use cases, and comparisons to other dimensionality reduction methods, including t-SNE and PCA.
Arunn Thevapalan
November 4, 2025
Softplus: The Smooth Activation Function Worth Knowing
This guide explains the mathematical properties of Softplus, its advantages and trade-offs, implementation in PyTorch, and when to switch from ReLU.
Dario Radečić
October 29, 2025
Discrete Probability Distributions Explained with Examples
Understand discrete probability distributions in data science. Explore PMF, CDF, and major types like Bernoulli, Binomial, and Poisson with Python examples.
Vaibhav Mehra
October 29, 2025
Python reduce(): A Complete Guide
Learn when and how to use Python's reduce(). Includes practical examples and best practices.
Mark Pedigo
October 28, 2025
Weibull Distribution: How to Model Time-to-Event Data
Learn the mathematical foundations, parameter estimation techniques, and diverse applications of this probability distribution across engineering, medicine, and environmental sciences.
Vinod Chugani
October 7, 2025
Joint Probability: Theory, Examples, and Data Science Applications
Learn how to calculate and interpret the likelihood of multiple events occurring simultaneously. Discover practical applications in predictive modeling, risk assessment, and machine learning that solve complex data science challenges.
Vinod Chugani
October 7, 2025
What Is Standard Error? The Key to Statistical Precision and Confidence
Learn the mathematical foundations, discover multiple types and their applications, and explore how standard error enhances statistical inference and decision-making.
Vinod Chugani
September 16, 2025
Cramer's Rule: A Direct Method for Solving Linear Systems
Learn how to use Cramer's rule to solve systems of linear equations through determinants, with practical examples.
Arunn Thevapalan
August 11, 2025
NORM.DIST() Function in Excel: Calculate Probabilities and Curve Heights
Learn how to calculate cumulative probabilities and probability density using NORM.DIST in Excel. Understand its syntax, key arguments, and real-world examples.
Josef Waples
August 8, 2025
Mean Absolute Error Explained: Measuring Model Accuracy
Learn how to evaluate your model’s accuracy using mean absolute error. Understand when and why to use MAE to make your data-driven decisions more reliable.
Josef Waples
August 8, 2025