week8SB.qmd

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title: "Week 8"
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Spring Break!

Here are a few things that you might find useful.

1. Remember Stein's paradox?  Well, there are a few.  The website Rising Entropy had a very nice explanation of Simpson's paradox.  In fact, one of the best I have seen with respect to paradoxes explained.  Here is the link:  [Rising Entropy: Simpson's Paradox](https://risingentropy.com/simpsons-paradox/).
2. I stumbled upon that website while searching for a nice explanation of entropy and was taken by the simplicity of the explanation.  Read it.  Why?  Entropy is an important characteristic of Bayesian models.  Again, for the curious, read:  [Rising Entropy: Entropy](https://risingentropy.com/entropy-is-total-expected-surprise//).

Hope you enjoyed the break!