All this posturing to say: Ohio State has not beaten Michigan since 2019. The crimson and gray blue bloods, who essentially ran the nation under now-disgraced supervillain Urban Meyer, have not won a Big 10 title since 2020. What happened? To dive into this, we’ll look at a few numbers that encapsulate the decline and fall of the Buckeye Empire.
Category: Beyond QMSS
PAINTING OR SCRAPING: MIDJOURNEY AND TRAINING AI TO MAKE ART
ecently, a lawsuit against several platforms that host AI-generated art revealed how training works for generative AIs that deal with art rather than text. In this article, we’ll examine that training process and the copyright issues at stake.
UP ALL NIGHT: A QUANTITATIVE LOOK AT OVERCAFFEINATION
By Connor Zahler MORNING COFFEE Remember that time when your friend who sleeps the least kept talking about a cool new drink at Panera? Of course you do! That drink, Panera’s own Charged Lemonade, has been in the news again after being linked to two deaths. You see, 30 ounces of Charged Lemonade contains 237mg…
Data Detectives: Are Detroit Spots Cursed?
By Connor Zahler Around most sports towns, the coming of a new season heralds joy and optimism. Maybe this year will be the year! And the 2023-2024 Season has given Detroit fans some much-needed, long-awaited, success and excitement. We all know the Lions gave us one for the ages this year, even if they did…
A QUANTITATIVE LOOK AT THE SURPRISING UPRISING OF CLOTHING BRANDS
By Carolina Mondragon-Tadiotto When you step into your closet, what is it that you see? Chances are you own various pieces that are “trendy” from brands that hit the spotlight over the past few yeiars. I know I own my fair share of North Face puffer jackets and high top platform Converse. How often, though,…
DATA DETECTIVES: WHAT’S UP WITH ODD HYPE SONGS?
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a perennial powerhouse comes together around a hit about observing a former partner with a new lover. What gives?
STILL HERE: A QUANTITATIVE LOOK AT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY
October 9th commemorates Indigenous People’s Day, a holiday meant to celebrate the histories and people that are so often forgotten. Although this is just a student-run blog on quantitative methods, we can play a small part in talking about them.
EVEN MORE PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR QMSS FANS
Written by Connor Zahler To get you through the long summer months, we’ve prepared this list of podcast recommendations for you. A note: the views and ideas expressed in any of these shows are not those of the author, QMSS, or the University of Michigan. This is not an endorsement of everything in all of…
CELEBRATING LGBTQIA2S+ VOICES IN DATA SCIENCE
Image created with the help of DALL-E 2 Editor’s Note: This article uses the terms “LGBTQIA2S+” and “Queer” interchangeably to refer to the same community of people, as Michigan’s Spectrum Center does. QMSS acknowledges that terms like “Queer” have contentious histories and usages. These terms are absolutely not meant as a reflection of discrimination or…
QMovie Reviews: Transformers: Age of Extinction
Written by Connor Zahler MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE? As a child, I had two paramount obsessions: Star Wars and Transformers. There’s just something about space wizards and robot dinosaurs that can truly capture a young mind. Of course, a big part of it manifested in watching the Transformers movies. Directed (mostly) by Michael Bay,…