When we prepare for interview, very often we see one of the requirements is “be familiar with statistics and mathematics”. We are required to know Statistics because it is really the fundamental part of data science. So in order to keep Statistics knowledge fresh all the time, what do we need to do?
One thing I have been doing is to refresh my memory on Statistics all the time. Recently what I picked up is the Machine Learning Flashcards:
https://machinelearningflashcards.com
I found it extremely useful and in fact also a lot of fun to learn them. Thanks for Chris Albon, the author of the 300 flash cards. He brought a lot of fun into my learning.
How I learn / re-learn them?
- I tried it for three days, spent minimum one hour every day, mainly to test how many I can complete every day. And then set a target of >= 6 flash cards every day. This is a realistic target for me including the time I read more materials as reference.
- I kept track of how many flash cards I have completed every day.
- I give myself some buffer just in case there is surprise in our life which takes up some time and delays my learning plan. We should accept sometimes we cannot complete our target as planned.
So I completed all 300 cards today! I have to say this is only the first round and I will repeat the whole process for the second or even third time.
I feel satisfied from every small achievement. Completing all the Flashcards is one of them.