Albert Steppi

The SciPy library provides objects representing well over 100 univariate probability distributions. These have served the scientific Python ecosystem for decades, but they are built upon an infrastructure that has not kept up with the demands of today’s users.

Resampling and Monte Carlo statistical techniques are surprisingly intuitive, and they are often more flexible and accurate than their better-known analytical counterparts. In this tutorial, participants will develop their intuitive understanding of frequentist statistics and apply it using three functions in `scipy.stats` - `monte_carlo_test`, `permutation_test`, and `bootstrap` - to...