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Interactive course about “everyday” data science

by andrewnc on 7/16/22, 2:32 PM with 52 comments

Last year, I wrote the book Everyday Data Science. It was #1 on HN! [1]

This year, I've been working with Jim Fisher on a new kind of interactive course. It's like a choose-your-own-adventure, except you'll learn Thompson sampling, differential equations, and Bayesian-optimal pricing.

After several months, the first two chapters are ready! Every word, button, and sound has been painstakingly crafted. Try out the first chapter to see what we mean! [2]

The course will be $99, but it’s $29 today, as a thanks for helping us build the next 8 chapters! Let us know what you think :-)

- Andrew Carr [3]

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26253281 [2]: https://tigyog.app/d/L:X07z8laLyz/r/when-life-gives-you-lemo... [3]: https://twitter.com/andrew_n_carr

  • by civilized on 7/16/22, 6:15 PM

    This is not intended as a criticism and, as an experienced data scientist, I'm probably not the target audience anyway. But just... how this hits me. There is a LOT of visual "decoration" and sales-y, pitchy stuff here that makes my eyes/brain glaze over from too much emotional stimulation. Maybe it has the opposite effect for others.

  • by jamesfisher on 7/16/22, 2:35 PM

    Everyday Data Science is the first course on TigYog [1], a platform I'm building. Most courses are video-based, but TigYog courses are more like books. The only addition is multiple-choice buttons with responses. This lets you simulate the tight feedback loop you’d have with a private tutor.

    Andrew's writing shows off what you can make with this medium. It's a bit like blogging. Try it out and let me know how it goes! (Currently it’s a WYSIWYG editor, though I’m also working on a Markdown+git interface. Let me know if you’re interested.)

    - Jim Fisher [2]

    P.S.: Thanks to one user reporting an Apple Pay UI glitch. I'm on it! In the meantime, ordinary Stripe card payment should work.

    [1]: https://tigyog.app/ [2]: https://jameshfisher.com/

  • by bakuninsbart on 7/16/22, 4:46 PM

    First chapter was quite fun. I actually would have bought the course, but do not own a credit card. This is quite common outside of the US, if you could add PayPal it would be substantially more accessible.

  • by pella on 7/16/22, 3:27 PM

    meta question:

    Expecting this post is an "A/B Testing"

    Q: Which group am I actually in now? Is this group "A" or "B" ?

    :-)

  • by ichverstehe on 7/18/22, 10:55 AM

    I just spent half an hour in an airport reading the first chapter. With only a bit of knowledge of Bernoulli distributions, I found it very informative and well written, moving forward at a nice pace. The tiny tests made me reread a few things I had glossed over initially, forcing me to understand it a little better. Good job.

    It would be cool if you provided links to further reading on the various concepts, for extracurricular studies.

    Overall the style and ethos feels similar to Pluto.jl, which I think puts you in good company :)

    Bonus points for working almost flawlessly on mobile (the table with 0’s and 1’s overflowed and was pushed offscreen.)

  • by heyhihello on 7/16/22, 6:33 PM

    I actually bought your book on Amazon and the book I received was insanely disappointing. Full of typo’s, super wonky formatting, super short in depth and content, and the paper book was the lowest quality of any I’ve ever received from Amazon.

    I didn’t leave a review because There weren’t many and I didn’t want to sour your sales with a 1-star, but I now kind of regret that.

    The course looks cool, but it honestly just feels like a monetizing attempt on something that really didn’t deserve much money to begin with.

  • by aleughan on 7/19/22, 2:24 PM

    I didn't want to make an empty comment, but simply - thanks!

  • by yessirwhatever on 7/16/22, 6:05 PM

    Interesting course. I'm not sure if you're affiliated with tigyog.app owners or not, but 20% commission on paid courses is too much. The platform looks neat and interesting, but I wouldn't pay 20% of whatever I'm charging for a course to be able to use a platform that self describes as a "blog with buttons".