Metacritic Game Scores vs Sales


Do Metacritic scores affect game sales?


This is a surprisingly contentious question with significant consequences for people working in the games industry. I first became aware of this issue when news broke out in 2012 that...

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Metis Data Science - Week 7 (10/13 - 10/17)


Note: As of this post I am actually already in the 10th week of the Metis Data Science program. I’ve been writing down notes each week, but I haven’t put them anywhere until now. These posts will reflect...

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Metis Data Science - Week 6 (10/6 - 10/10)


Note: As of this post I am actually already in the 10th week of the Metis Data Science program. I’ve been writing down notes each week, but I haven’t put them anywhere until now. These posts will reflect...

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Metis Data Science - Week 5 (9/29 - 10/3)


Note: As of this post I am actually already in the 10th week of the Metis Data Science program. I’ve been writing down notes each week, but I haven’t put them anywhere until now. These posts will reflect...

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Metis Data Science - Week 4 (9/22 - 9/26)


Note: As of this post I am actually already in the 10th week of the Metis Data Science program. I’ve been writing down notes each week, but I haven’t put them anywhere until now. These posts will reflect...

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Identifying High Profit Movies


If I was a movie studio looking to fund some movie projects, would I be better off funding smaller low-budget films instead? Or am I still better off trying to go for the next Avatar?

It’s no secret...

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Metis Data Science - Week 3 (9/15 - 9/19)


Note: As of this post I am actually already in the 10th week of the Metis Data Science program. I’ve been writing down notes each week, but I haven’t put them anywhere until now. These posts will reflect...

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Metis Data Science - Week 2 (9/8 - 9/12)


Note: As of this post I am actually already in the 10th week of the Metis Data Science program. I’ve been writing down notes each week, but I haven’t put them anywhere until now. These posts will reflect...

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Metis Data Science - Week 1 (9/2 - 9/5)


Note: As of this post I am actually already in the 10th week of the Metis Data Science program. I’ve been writing down notes each week, but I haven’t put them anywhere until now. These posts will reflect...

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Newsela - Data Science in Education

Today’s guest speakers at Metis Data Science were Sonia Mehta, data analyst fellow, and Dan Cogan-Drew, co-founder of Newsela.

Our guests began with an introduction of Newsela, which is and education startup launched in 2013 focused on reading learning....

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Start

Thanks for stopping by. I’m not sure how many people actually read the introductory posts on blogs, but I figured I should put something up anyway.

I’m currently part of the first cohort of students at the Metis Data Science...

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