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How Machine Learning Works: It’s Not Learning

A machine learning model doesn’t work the way you probably think it does. When most people hear the word learning, they...

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Mar 7, 2026 3 min read

Machine Learning for Non-Technical Professionals

Why Your “Silly Questions” Are Product Requirements We have a technical writer on our team. She’s sharp, curious, and exactly the...

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Feb 27, 2026 7 min read

A Friendly Introduction to Principal Component Analysis

Most datasets don’t have two or three measurements per observation. They have dozens, sometimes hundreds. A patient record might include blood...

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Feb 24, 2026 5 min read

Strike Zone Prediction Model: How Neural Networks Analyze MLB Statcast Data

Baseball has always been a numbers game. Batting averages, earned run averages, and RBIs have been part of the sport for...

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Feb 8, 2026 2 min read

Inference vs. Prediction: Different Goals in ML Analysis

Some machine learning applications can make accurate recommendations but can’t explain the reasoning. Others provide clear explanations but aren’t quite as...

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Mar 22, 2025 2 min read

Machine Learning Foundations Part 4: Understanding Hardware

When your phone slows down because too many apps are open, it lags, gets warm, and everything takes twice as long...

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Dec 29, 2024 2 min read

Machine Learning Foundations Part 2: Understanding Models

This is Part 2 of our Foundations series. In Part 1, we covered data. Now we’re looking at models: what they...

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Dec 8, 2024 2 min read

Machine Learning Foundations Part 1: Understanding Data

Data: The Foundation of Machine Learning This is the first post in a 4-part series that takes you behind the scenes...

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Nov 22, 2024 10 min read

Making Sense of Data: From Statistics to AI

In today's data-driven world, the terms statistics, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are often used interchangeably, yet each field...

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Oct 12, 2024 3 min read

Welcome to Machine Learning Advocate

ChatGPT answering your questions, your iPhone sorting photos by face, Netflix deciding what to show you next. All of it is...

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Sep 28, 2024 43 sec read