Regression to the Mean Girls

Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan
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This is Regression to the Mean Girls where we chat with brilliant data people about their silliest side quests. We’re mean, as in average, but actually very nice! Come sit with us!

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    The Marshmallow Test (Not That One) with Mattan Ben-Shachar

    Mattan Ben-Shachar joins ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into whether different colored marshmallows taste different. *Be sure to listen to the end for a surprising addendum! Check out the full process here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow along on instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@regressiontothemeangirls⁠⁠

  2. Sep 28

    Election Data Web Scraping with Emily Riederer

    Emily Riederer⁠⁠ (Capital One) joins ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into scraping election data.  Check out the full process here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow along on instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠@regressiontothemeangirls⁠⁠

  3. Sep 21

    The Art of Web Scraping Art with Hadley Wickham

    Hadley Wickham (Posit) joins ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into building a web scraper to help acquire art. Check out the full process here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links to content we chat about on the episode: ⁠⁠Weston Lambert ArtParallel strands between learning crochet and learning programming by Maëlle Salmon Follow along on instagram:  ⁠⁠@regressiontothemeangirls

  4. Sep 14

    The Comfort of Competence and the Speed of Justice, According to Law & Order, with Christine Zhang

    Christine Zhang (New York Times) joins ⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into the TV show Law and Order. Check out the full analysis here: ⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠ Links to content we chat about on the episode: Wrong Number newsletterThe Speed of Justice, According to Law & Order Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeangirls

  5. Sep 7

    The Work Is Mysterious and Important: Severance Data

    ⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠ and ⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠ return with a data-driven side quest into the TV show Severance. Lucy analyzes whether Milchick really uses more complicated language than his colleagues. Check out the full analysis here: ⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠ Links to content we chat about on the episode: ⁠Lucy's Severance data R package [mdr]⁠⁠Lucy's other Severance analyses⁠⁠Dunnet⁠⁠Radial plot of who is speaking in Severance ⁠ Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeangirls

  6. Aug 31

    Romance by the Numbers: First Sparks Across Tropes

    Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan introduce Regression to the Mean Girls, a podcast about data-driven side quests in pop culture. In this episode, Sarah analyzes 45 recent romance novels to find out how different romance tropes affect the timing of the couple’s first kiss. Check out the full analysis here: https://regressiontothemeangirls.com/ Links to content we chat about on the episode: Edward L. Kaplan and the Kaplan-Meier Survival CurveNonparametric Estimation from Incomplete ObservationsNot just love, actually: why romance fiction is boomingWhat is the lipstick index? Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeansgirls

  • 6 Episodes

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This is Regression to the Mean Girls where we chat with brilliant data people about their silliest side quests. We’re mean, as in average, but actually very nice! Come sit with us!

Information

  • Creator
    Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan
  • Show Website
    Regression to the Mean Girls

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