Great visualization (as the rest from http://setosa.io , go have a look)!!
I wonder, though: I learnt OLS as standard math / symbolic logic; but, if kids and students learnt from these visualization, would they be better off, or worse off?
Because, at least for me, it is difficult to reason about this and other visual math examples (whereas there are others that are great as demonstrations, as the integer proof in http://www.catonmat.net/blog/visual-math-friday/ , this one, regarding OLS, confuses me).
It probably depends a lot on each person. Out of curiosity, does this particular example give you insights? Which ones? How?
I think it's important to remember that, for at least EV, these explanations aren't intended to stand on their own. There's a lot of good resources online already for learning this stuff. The problem, as we see it, is one of motivation and curiosity. If we can help people intuit what's happening and why it's important, we think this will help motivate people to want to get more into the details on their own.
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Great visualization (as the rest from http://setosa.io , go have a look)!!
I wonder, though: I learnt OLS as standard math / symbolic logic; but, if kids and students learnt from these visualization, would they be better off, or worse off?
Because, at least for me, it is difficult to reason about this and other visual math examples (whereas there are others that are great as demonstrations, as the integer proof in http://www.catonmat.net/blog/visual-math-friday/ , this one, regarding OLS, confuses me).
It probably depends a lot on each person. Out of curiosity, does this particular example give you insights? Which ones? How?
I think it's important to remember that, for at least EV, these explanations aren't intended to stand on their own. There's a lot of good resources online already for learning this stuff. The problem, as we see it, is one of motivation and curiosity. If we can help people intuit what's happening and why it's important, we think this will help motivate people to want to get more into the details on their own.