Approximately Normal

Fisher Information is one of those topics that many will cover once in their studies on the way to more applied areas of statistics. The practical use of the CRLB is limited to cases where the sample at hand has a known distribution with an analytic form, which often doesn’t apply. These posts will take a brief look at the Fisher Information an... Read More

It’s often not clear whether it’s faster to do it manually or write a script. Whether or not I save any time, I often find myself scripting a task if I have to do it more than a few times. Even a few ‘wasted’ hours usually result in some new skills. A couple of years ago I’d just finished a the last semester of my degree, in which I’d decided t... Read More