Political polls are a staple of election season, providing insight into which candidate holds a lead. However, it’s crucial to interpret these polls carefully, especially when it comes to the standard error (SE) — a key statistic that indicates how much the poll results might vary from the true population sentiment. What is Standard Error? Read more…

Working to build infectious disease outbreak models can be daunting especially for new students in epidemiology. Typically their first approach is to build compartment models after learning the basics of traditional statistical analyses. While compartmental models certainly have their place in epidemiology, I think it’s instructive for new students to learn and understand principles of Read more…