About Jeff Leek

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

Jeff Leek Posts (8)

• Reducing Science-related Stress - 17 Feb 2017
  
  The author presents a list of things learned through hard experience to help him with his own imposter syndrome, and help him to feel less stressed out about science.
• A Non-comprehensive List of Awesome Things Other People Did in 2016 - 10 Jan 2017
  
  A top statistics professor and statistical researcher reflects on a number of awesome accomplishments by individuals in, and related to, the fields of statistics and data science, with a focus on the world of academia but with resonance far beyond.
• Why Big Data is in Trouble: They Forgot About Applied Statistics - 18 Jul 2016
  
  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.
• A Non-comprehensive List of Awesome Things other People Did in 2015 - 09 Jan 2016
  
  A top statistics professor and statistical researcher reflects on a number of awesome accomplishments by individuals in, and related to, the fields of statistics and data science, with a focus on the world of academia but with resonance far beyond.
• I’m a data scientist – mind if I do surgery on your heart? - 18 Jun 2015
  
  If I walked into an operating room and said I'm going to start dabbling in surgery I would be immediately thrown out. But people do that with statistics and data analysis all the time.
• Data science done well looks easy, which is a big problem - 24 Mar 2015
  
  Data Science done well looks too easy and that poses a major public relations problem for serious data scientists. The really tricky twist is that bad data science looks easy too.
• The Elements of Data Analytic Style – checklist - 04 Mar 2015
  
  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 - 10 Feb 2015
  
  There are 10 ideas in applied statistics are relevant for big data analysis, focusing on prediction accuracy, interactive analysis and more.