How should we compare models?
At various points in the past few years I have had discussions or debates with friends and colleagues about model comparison in the context of Bayesian infer...
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A brief introduction to JAX and Laplace’s method
Introduction Google recently released an interesting new library called JAX. It looks like it could be very useful for computational statistics, so I though...
World cup redux
Now that the group stages are over, here are the probabilities that the remaining teams will win the world cup: Team Probability of win...
Who will win the rugby world cup?
The men’s rugby union world cup is just starting1, so I thought it would be fun to make some predictions before the tournament gets going. The plan is to bui...
Tracking my fitness
I like to go running, and I also like to see how I’m doing by using the Strava app. It’s satisfying to see progress over time if I’m training for an event. ...