Archive - Squareholder Value

For large enough samples...

Something you might not know about the central limit theorem

Oct 16, 2024 •

What do you...mean...by expectation?

The post I probably should've written six months ago

Oct 9, 2024 •

A quick look at Simpson's paradox, a statistical trap for the lazy (and overzealous)

Oct 2, 2024 •

September 2024

What you should have done

Solutions to last week's pricing riddles

Sep 25, 2024 •

What would you do?

A Substack blogger keeps the streak alive by making the reader do the work

Sep 18, 2024 •

How does raising prices affect your revenue?

A (quick) look at price elasticity

Sep 11, 2024 •

What do you mean you're out of cupcakes?!

A look at the "dual marginalization" effect and how contracts can be used to mitigate its impact to profits and consumers.

Sep 4, 2024 •

August 2024

Seeing the random forest for the decision trees

A look at two of the most useful and intuitive classification models.

Aug 28, 2024 •

Not to be confused with spearmint

A side-by-side comparison of two metrics for quantifying the relationship between two variables

Aug 21, 2024 •

Your estimated wait time is...

A look at the exponential distribution, a useful model for operations management. Plus, how variability in customer arrivals can lead to killer wait…

Aug 14, 2024 •

The Painter's Paradox

Volumes and areas of shapes of revolution

Aug 7, 2024 •

July 2024

Valuation of growing streams of cash flows

A look at geometric and arithmetic annuities with a soupçon of stock valuation

Jul 31, 2024 •

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