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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists say they have identified the exact mechanism responsible for the exceptional tsunami that spread quickly across the world after the colossal eruption of the Tonga volcano earlier this year. …

Learn once and for all what is a Hypothesis Test. Code in Python.Normal distributions. Image bby the author.Disclaimer: Hey, just to make things clear, this is not a sponsored post. I really liked the book.Hypothesis TestI recently read this nice book The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics. It brings a fun and smooth introduction to basic Statistics concepts, all presented like a comic book.One of the points that called my attention, and it is what I bring to light today, is how the author Grady Klein explains the…

An easy explanation of the ANOVA statistical test and its concepts.Photo by Kaysha on UnsplashMany of you would have heard of the Z-Test and the T-Test; I have even done two previous posts on these topics that you can check out here:These tests allow us to determine if two population or sample means are statistically significantly different. However, what if we wanted to test the means between three samples?One would have to carry three different T-Tests in this scenario and if there were four groups, we would need six…

via Paramount/Marvel Studios Despite releasing just six weeks after Iron Man launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Incredible Hulk became the unwanted stepchild of the franchise from the second Disney stepped in to purchase the comic book conglomerate in 2009, which is understandable when Universal retain the rights to distribute (and thus earn a ton of money) from any future solo movies. Nonetheless, Bruce Banner has become a pivotal part of the mythology since Mark Ruffalo debuted in The Avengers 10…

The natural world around us is endlessly inspiring, and fascinating, and often very odd too: like when researchers snapped a photo of Bolivian river dolphins swimming around with a Beni anaconda snake in their mouths, for example.  These river dolphins are relatively rarely seen creatures, as it's unusual for them to have their heads above water for very long – let alone to be juggling a predatory snake between their jaws at the same time.While it's not clear exactly what was going on here, dolphins and cetaceans more…

Bitcoin has steadily been gaining acceptance from the traditional finance and investment world in recent years but Warren Buffett is sticking to his skeptical stance on the cryptocurrency.He said at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting Saturday that it's not a productive asset and it doesn't produce anything tangible. Despite a shift in public perception about bitcoin, Buffett still wouldn't buy it."Whether it goes up or down in the next year, or five or 10 years, I don't know. But the one thing I'm pretty…