In my last few articles, I've looked at a number of ways machine learning can help make predictions. The basic idea is that you create a model using existing data and then ask that model to predict an ...

Marsden Hartley, “Adelard the Drowned, Master of the ‘Phantom'” (c. 1938–39), oil on board, 28 × 22 in. (the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, bequest of ...

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SOMETIMES, however rarely, the outlier manages to gain an inside track. And perhaps no first-time Pulitzer finalist has ever been more of an outlier than Dan Perkins. This week, of course, Buffalo ...

Figure 1 Outlier. An Outlier is a data point or two that lie outside the norm. Source: Courtesy of Shutterstock Outliers can be annoying. A single data point or two that lie outside of the norm can ...