gregpage80 – GoodWaveData

E-mail is fine, but just don’t do THIS thing

At many times, and in many ways, reports of the death of e-mail have been greatly exaggerated. Since the dawn of e-mail, many a self-styled "disruptor" has declared that some…

Wait, wait…so who the heck is “Ma Yun?”

12 Mar 202117 Mar 2021

In my on-campus courses, approximately 80% of the students are Chinese. For context, perhaps half of that cohort did their undergraduate degrees in China, and the other half came to…

One for the bag of tricks: Time-boxing student presentations

In so many ways, teaching is reminiscent of being a platoon leader. In both cases, you're it. You're the one standing in front of the formation. Roughly 40 to 50…

High Leverage Points in Simple Linear Regression

1 Feb 20211 Feb 2021

by Xiangyu Wangwith Greg Page Leverage in Simple Linear Regression: Overview In this article, we will discuss high leverage points in simple linear regression (SLR). Simply put, high leverage points…

Exploring the World of Hexagonal Bin Plots

15 Jan 202115 Jan 2021

by Xiangyu Wangwith Greg Page For understanding the relationship between two numeric variables, scatterplots are a valuable tool. They can inform us about the correlations (positive or negative) and the…

general teaching

One simple organizational technique: For them and for you

Before I started up full-time here at BU MET, I did the "adjunct shuffle", in addition to quite a bit of tutoring, in order to pay my bills each month.…

No camera? No problem. (Why I Don’t require webcams for remote learners)

1 Jan 20211 Jan 2021

Midway through Spring semester 2020, in response to the rapidly-spreading and still mysterious Covid-19, we abruptly switched our mode of instruction for our traditional, face-to-face classes into an online-only format.…

The ROC Curve: An Overview

The ROC Curve: An Overview by Jiawen Huangwith Greg Page Background: True Positive Rate and False Positive Rate In classification modeling, a true positive is defined as a record whose…

Hard-voting and Soft-voting classification ensembles: An introduction

13 Dec 202013 Dec 2020

by Qiuyue Wangwith Greg Page Background: Classifying the Quality of Red Wine This article aims to introduce the reader to two important machine learning methodologies: the Hard-Voting Classification Ensemble and…

A Classification model showdown at the Huang-Page Buffet

5 Dec 20205 Dec 2020

by Jiawen Huang with Greg Page Background: Customer Satisfaction at the Huang-Page International Super Buffet We recently opened the Huang-Page International Super Buffet (HP Buffet) in a location just north…