Understanding Data

Data Analysis Through Resampling

Understanding Data Book Cover

Resampling Statistics is the sister site to Modeling Life, built around the book Understanding Data: A 21st Century Approach to Statistics and Data Science (Springer, 2026) by Alan Garfinkel and Yina Guo. The site features:

  • Interactive simulations — hands-on experiments to visualize statistical concepts
  • Python code that reproduces the book's figures, so readers can restyle them into their own publication-quality graphics
  • An R companion by Prof. Adrian Soto-Mota that walks through the book's analyses chapter by chapter

While this site focuses on the mathematical toolkit of dynamical systems and simulation, Understanding Data covers modern, computational statistics — using resampling methods to draw inferences from data.

Visit the Resampling Statistics site

Explore the interactive simulations and code that accompany Understanding Data.

Go to resamplingstatistics.github.io ↗