by Gary Menger | Mar 18, 2021 | Covid-19 and Data, Menger's Musings
As most will know, this week marks the one-year anniversary of what has turned out to be a very long three weeks to flatten the curve. No area of the country – indeed, the world – has been spared from the substantial loss of life, personal freedom, and economic...
by Gary Menger | Mar 4, 2021 | Product Sneak Peek
One of the many tasks a young adult needs to master is the art of penning a consistent and recognizable signature. Upon opening a checking account, the bank will require a signature sample. Later, when a check is presented, the signature on the check will be compared...
by Gary Menger | Dec 31, 2020 | Menger's Musings, Product Sneak Peek
2020 Reflections Throughout history, the regular appearance of pandemics has had a profound effect on the cultures and nations in their paths. While certainly not yet on the level of those plagues that toppled empires, the COVID-19 epidemic will likely be remembered...
by Gary Menger | Dec 10, 2020 | Menger's Musings
Over the past several years, the term ‘data science’ has emerged as one of those fashionable buzzwords that I hope will soon disappear. The term data science implies that its practitioners operate within the firm guidelines of bias-free and replicable empirical...
by Gary Menger | Dec 3, 2020 | Covid-19 and Data, Menger's Musings
The COVID-19 pandemic has attracted the attention of many data scientists who have happily set off to apply their methods to epidemiology, and unwittingly have waded directly into the complex issues which ‘quantitative geography’ often painfully learned of some...
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