Why did I create this website?
My primary hope of this website is blog on various economics, data, probability, and statistics topics in a way that is approachable to most people. I have loved data since a child, when I created Excel spreadsheets for the various games and sport competitions between my brothers and me. I dabbled in engineering (earning a degree in Mechanical Engineering) and technology consulting before earning my Masters in Economics. I fell in love with statistics and probability while pursuing my Masters, and have felt a burning passion to share this love with others. I see much abuse and misapplication of data visualizations and statistics in everyday life, and I hope to provide a perspective that is clear, honest, and entertaining.
What kinds of things will you write about?
Generally, I apply my data analysis from an economic lens because those are often the kind of questions that most interest me, but data is my first love so I don't shy away from looking at non-economic data questions. In many fields, I know just enough to be dangerous (i.e. horribly wrong but confident about my opinion), though I try to remain open to learning and growing. I hope you'll join me on this adventure!
Will you do anything else on this website?
I sometimes dabble in software engineering, and have been known to make little applications occasionally. I may share some of those projects on this website if I have time, but as a father of two wonderful and tiny girls, my time (and energy) is limited (I only got to making this website while on paternity leave, haha).