Mathematics

False positive paradox

A false positive is an error when test results incorrectly indicate presence of a condition when it doesn’t exist. False positives often plays an important role in hypothesis...

Oct 12, 2018 · 2 min read

Data Science

The Bayesian Thinking - III

Read the first part The Bayesian Thinking - I and the second part The Bayesian Thinking - II.

Jun 22, 2018 · 4 min read

Data Science

The Bayesian Thinking - II

Statistics is the study of uncertainity. One way to deal with uncertainity is by probabilities.

Jun 15, 2018 · 3 min read

Data Science

The Bayesian Thinking - I

A disease has affected 0.1% of the world’s population. The test for the disease correctly identifies 99% of people who have the disease and only incorrectly identifies 1%...

Jun 08, 2018 · 2 min read

Mathematics

A visual introduction to eigenvectors and eigenvalues

The word eigen, having a German origin, means characteristics. The eigenvalues and eigenvectors give the characteristic, but of what? Let’s understand it through a geometric example.

May 11, 2018 · 2 min read

Data Science

Linear algebra: The essence behind deep learning

Mathematics lies behind every algorithm; if not mathematics then mathematical thinking. In case of deep learning algorithms, linear algebra is the driving force.

Feb 16, 2018 · 2 min read