Welcome to Cask Studies, where you can properly age your skills without getting old. Even sour grapes can become fine wines here!

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Articles are presented first by Category, and then generally from Newest to Oldest.

[READ FIRST] YOU’RE PAYING FOR YOUR DESTRUCTION!

• Be Skeptical With Statisticians (Comparing Common Methods) – Dec. 10, 2014

REGRESSION

Introductory Resources:

• Winning Formulas – Fun Group Exercise to Introduce Non-Data & Future-Data Executives to Using Regression
• Linear Regression Without Depression Tutorial

Refining Resources:

• Weight Loss (Regression – Cumulative, Lag Variables)
• Electric Bill Savings (Regression – Binary, Subsampling)
• Pay Discrimination (Regression – Binary, Control Variables)
• A Microfinance article I wrote with a Santa Clara University research team using Linear Regression and Granger Causality to find a bigger problem driver:  Jo, et al., “Global Microfinancing Institutes: High Interest Rate or Low Loan-Loss Rates?” Journal of International & Interdisciplinary Business Research, Volume 1 (Spring 2014), pp. 77-88.

NEGOTIATIONS

• Love Thy Neighbor (Negotiations – Reservation Pricing)

Gregory Taketa is the Data Decanter, serving refined, well-breathed data analysis while keeping out the sediments.