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Events outside your control can completely wipe you out. It’s no surprise then that the wealthiest Americans are the least likely to store their wealth in their homes. Certainly, they benefit from owning their homes, but the wealthier the American, the more likely they are to hold their assets in equities and mutual funds.

The Homeownership Society Was a Mistake

theatlantic.com

The only nonintuitive twist with OLS is that the formula takes the square of each residual before adding them all up (which increases the weight given to observations that lie particularly far from the regression line, or the “outliers”).

Naked Statistics Stripping the Dread From the Data

Wheelan, Charles

The pilot will test the curb data specification, a digital tool created by the nonprofit Open Mobility Foundation that uses APIs to gather information on curb activity or dwell time so officials can better manage and regulate curb usage. Cities may also use CDS to digitally publish curb locations and regulation data, which can be shared with residents and businesses using curb space.

City Tests App for Delivery Drivers to Reserve Spots in Loading Zones

Kaitlyn Levinson and Assistant Editor, GCN

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