Mutual Information

Welcome to Mutual Information, a data science blog exploring statistical analysis, visualization, and computational problems.

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Sister Cities in the Cold: How Correlated Is the Weather in Boston and Chicago?

Exploring Pearson, Spearman, and Lag Correlations Between Two Notorious Winter Cities
R
Statistics
Weather
Correlation
Boston and Chicago sit at nearly the same latitude—about 42 degrees north—and both carry reputations for brutal winters, wind, and weather that changes on a dime. But how…
Apr 10, 2026
Kieran Mace

Can Magnus Carlsen Win the 2025 World Rapid Championship?

A Monte Carlo Simulation of the Final Four Rounds
Python
R
Chess
Monte Carlo
Simulation
The 2025 World Rapid Chess Championship in New York is reaching its climax. After 9 grueling rounds of rapid chess, Magnus Carlsen sits on 7.0 points, chasing the leaders as…
Dec 28, 2025
Kieran Mace

 

A Lefty’s Guide to the ZSA Voyager: APT Layout, Home Row Mods, and Trackball Integration

Keyboards
Productivity
After months of iteration, I’ve landed on a Voyager layout that fits my workflow as a left-handed data professional who spends most of the day in R, Python, and SQL. This…
Dec 12, 2025
Kieran Mace

Abu Dhabi Decider: Predicting the 2025 F1 Championship Finale

Using Data-Driven Circuit Correlations to Forecast a Three-Way Title Fight
R
Python
Formula 1
Statistics
Correlation
In my previous analysis, I explored championship mathematics using Monte Carlo simulation. That approach made sense with multiple races remaining and countless possible…
Dec 2, 2025
Kieran Mace

Can Lando Norris Still Win the 2025 F1 Championship?

A Monte Carlo Exploration of Championship Probabilities
R
Python
Formula 1
Monte Carlo
Simulation
The 2025 Formula 1 Drivers Championship took a dramatic turn after both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix for skid-block…
Nov 23, 2025
Kieran Mace

Illinois Firearm Safe Storage Survey Analysis 2023

Understanding Awareness, Practices, and Demographics of Firearm Storage
This analysis examines firearm storage practices, awareness of safe storage messaging, and demographic patterns from a 2023 survey of Illinois residents. The study addresses…
Aug 18, 2025
Steve McHugh & Kieran Mace

Plotting the Mandelbrot Set

When considering a geometric series in the form: \[ z_{n+1} = z_{n} + c \] Where \(z\) and \(c\) are complex numbers. One can ask if \(z_{inf}\) is stable for a given \(z_{0}…
Apr 27, 2019
Kieran Mace

Africas GDP over time

R
We also need to fix some of the names slightly
Feb 20, 2018
Kieran Mace

Determining How long it will take to get your EAD from USCIS

R
I found some code online (https://github.com/co89757/USCISCasePoll/blob/master/poll_uscis.py) to scrape the USCIS website for status updates. I used it to collect the case…
Feb 13, 2018
Kieran Mace

Exploring Homoscedasticity in Gene Expression

Now lets normalize library size and esimate dispersion:
Feb 1, 2018
Kieran Mace

Analysis of War - the card game

Have you ever played War? have you ever wondered When will this be over!?
Jun 24, 2017
Kieran Mace

The Modularity of Kaggle NCAA Predictions

R
We want to look at all the kaggle submissions for 2016. first of all we need to download the data here
Apr 17, 2016
Kieran Mace
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