Jarom Hulet, Author at Towards Data Science https://towardsdatascience.com Publish AI, ML & data-science insights to a global community of data professionals. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 03:23:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://towardsdatascience.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png Jarom Hulet, Author at Towards Data Science https://towardsdatascience.com 32 32 The Best Data Scientists are Always Learning https://towardsdatascience.com/part-1-the-best-data-scientists-are-always-learning/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=607798 Why continuous learning matters & how to come up with topics to study

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]]> A Well-Designed Experiment Can Teach You More Than a Time Machine! https://towardsdatascience.com/a-well-designed-experiment-can-teach-you-more-than-a-time-machine/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 02:50:01 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=606686 How experimentation is more powerful than knowing counterfactuals

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]]> Prescriptive Modeling Makes Causal Bets – Whether You Know it or Not! https://towardsdatascience.com/prescriptive-modeling-makes-causal-bets-whether-you-know-it-or-not/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:26:39 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=606465 An explanation of the causal assumption implicit in prescriptive modeling and how to satisfy it.

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]]> Strength in Numbers: Ensembling Models with Bagging and Boosting https://towardsdatascience.com/strength-in-numbers-ensembling-models-with-bagging-and-boosting/ Thu, 15 May 2025 05:05:48 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=606019 Mastering the fundamentals of bagging and boosting with simple examples

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]]> Linear Programming: Managing Multiple Targets with Goal Programming https://towardsdatascience.com/linear-programming-managing-multiple-targets-with-goal-programming/ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:12:16 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/?p=605406 Part 6: Balancing multiple objectives using the weights and preemptive goal programming approaches

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]]> Bite-Size Data Science: Falling for the Gambler’s Fallacy https://towardsdatascience.com/bite-size-data-science-falling-for-the-gamblers-fallacy-9a3ebf7a86cd/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:31:57 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/bite-size-data-science-falling-for-the-gamblers-fallacy-9a3ebf7a86cd/ Where the gambler's fallacy shows up in data science and what to do about it

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]]> Linear Programming: Auxiliary Variables https://towardsdatascience.com/linear-programming-auxiliary-variables-c66bb66c6aee/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:02:38 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/linear-programming-auxiliary-variables-c66bb66c6aee/ Part 5: Increasing LP flexibility to handle tricky logic

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]]> Linear programming: Integer Linear Programming with Branch and Bound https://towardsdatascience.com/linear-programming-integer-linear-programming-with-branch-and-bound-fe25a0f8ae55/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:44:23 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/linear-programming-integer-linear-programming-with-branch-and-bound-fe25a0f8ae55/ Part 4: Extending linear programming optimization to discrete decision variables

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]]> I Wasn’t Always a Data Scientist – How I Broke into the Field https://towardsdatascience.com/i-wasnt-always-a-data-scientist-how-i-broke-into-the-field-5b8f05d470bf/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:02:08 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/i-wasnt-always-a-data-scientist-how-i-broke-into-the-field-5b8f05d470bf/ 8 strategies I used (and you can too) on my journey to data science

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]]> Will Your Vote Decide the Next President? https://towardsdatascience.com/will-your-vote-decide-the-next-president-0875a4927c75/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:55:34 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/will-your-vote-decide-the-next-president-0875a4927c75/ Simulating the probability that your singular vote swings the election in November

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]]> I’ve hired 3 cohorts of data science interns – here’s my advice on getting an offer https://towardsdatascience.com/ive-hired-3-cohorts-of-data-science-interns-here-s-my-advice-on-getting-an-offer-036bdba7d4b2/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:29:01 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/ive-hired-3-cohorts-of-data-science-interns-here-s-my-advice-on-getting-an-offer-036bdba7d4b2/ Resume and interview tips for landing a data science internship

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]]> Linear Programming Optimization: The Simplex Method https://towardsdatascience.com/linear-programming-optimization-the-simplex-method-b2f912e4c6fd/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:28:23 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/linear-programming-optimization-the-simplex-method-b2f912e4c6fd/ Part 3: The algorithm under the hood

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]]> Linear Programming: The Stock Cutting Problem https://towardsdatascience.com/linear-programming-the-stock-cutting-problem-dc6ba3bf3de1/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 04:49:22 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/linear-programming-the-stock-cutting-problem-dc6ba3bf3de1/ Part 2 - Linear Programming Example Deep Dive

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]]> Linear Programming Optimization: Foundations https://towardsdatascience.com/linear-programming-optimization-foundations-2f12770f66ca/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 07:31:51 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/linear-programming-optimization-foundations-2f12770f66ca/ Part 1 - Basic Concepts and Examples

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]]> The Intuitive Basics of Optimization https://towardsdatascience.com/the-intuitive-basics-of-optimization-730e5b52180a/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 04:06:09 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/the-intuitive-basics-of-optimization-730e5b52180a/ A gentle introduction to the amazing field of optimization

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]]> It’s Time to Finally Memorize those Dang Classification Metrics! https://towardsdatascience.com/its-time-to-finally-memorize-those-dang-classification-metrics-bdeb99e64de2/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 04:28:10 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/its-time-to-finally-memorize-those-dang-classification-metrics-bdeb99e64de2/ Intuition behind the metrics and how I finally memorized them

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]]> Bite Size Data Science: Heteroscedastic Robust Errors https://towardsdatascience.com/bite-size-data-science-heteroscedastic-robust-errors-7e5998d31988/ Wed, 29 May 2024 07:14:29 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/bite-size-data-science-heteroscedastic-robust-errors-7e5998d31988/ How to adjust standard errors for heteroscedasticity and why it works

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]]> Earn vs. Learn: Solving a Fishing Inspired Multi-Armed Bandit Problem https://towardsdatascience.com/earn-vs-learn-solving-a-fishing-inspired-multi-armed-bandit-problem-924ae0d7947e/ Wed, 15 May 2024 16:58:11 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/earn-vs-learn-solving-a-fishing-inspired-multi-armed-bandit-problem-924ae0d7947e/ Exploring five algorithms to balance the earn/learn trade off

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]]> Simulated Data, Real Learnings : Simulating Systems https://towardsdatascience.com/simulated-data-real-learnings-simulating-systems-79374a9379fd/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:42:26 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/simulated-data-real-learnings-simulating-systems-79374a9379fd/ Part 4 - Simulating to Understand Systems

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]]> Simulated Data, Real Learnings: Scenario Analysis https://towardsdatascience.com/simulated-data-real-learnings-scenario-analysis-02ee56ed8886/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:12:24 +0000 https://towardsdatascience.com/simulated-data-real-learnings-scenario-analysis-02ee56ed8886/ Part 3 - Simulating Scenarios

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