Jeff Leek

Johns Hopkins University

Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, co-editor Simply Statistics, co-editor Biostatistics, co-director JHU Data Science Lab.

Why Big Data is in Trouble: They Forgot About Applied Statistics

By Jeff Leek, Johns Hopkins University on July 18, 2016 in Applied Statistics, Big Data, Google, Statistics
This "classic" (but very topical and certainly relevant) post discusses issues that Big Data can face when it forgets, or ignores, applied statistics. As great of a discussion today as it was 2 years ago.
The Elements of Data Analytic Style – checklist

By Jeff Leek, Johns Hopkins University on March 4, 2015 in Book, Checklist, Data Analytics, Jeff Leek, Leanpub, Reproducibility
Jeff Leek book "Elements of Data Analytic Style" had a rocket launch, thanks to author course on Coursera. The book includes a useful checklist that can guide beginning data analysts or serve for evaluating data analyses.
10 things statistics taught us about big data analysis

By Jeff Leek, Johns Hopkins University on February 10, 2015 in Best Practices, Big Data, Overfitting, Statistics
There are 10 ideas in applied statistics are relevant for big data analysis, focusing on prediction accuracy, interactive analysis and more.

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