Regression to the Mean Girls

Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan

This is Regression to the Mean Girls where we chat with brilliant data people about their silliest side quests. We’re mean, as in average, but actually very nice! Come sit with us!

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The Kiss Effect on Television Ratings with Ashley Mullan
2026-11-09
38:15
Ashley Mullan join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into how a TV couples first kiss impacts ratings.Follow along on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@regressiontothemeangirls⁠⁠
BART for Baseball with Sameer Deshpande
2026-11-02
1:01:07
Sameer Deshpande join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into using BART for baseball!Check out the details here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow along on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@regressiontothemeangirls⁠⁠
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Dancing with the Stats with Grayson Weavil, Madeline Merrill, and Wesley Krieger
2026-10-26
48:08
Grayson Weavil, Madeline Merrill, and Wesley Krieger join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into Dancing with the Stars stats.Check out the details here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow along on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@regressiontothemeangirls⁠⁠
Mixed Effects, Mixed Signals: Love Island Kissing Scores with Hannah Barton
2026-10-19
47:40
Hannah Barton joins ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into Love Island Kissing Scores.Check out the details here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow along on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@regressiontothemeangirls⁠⁠
Every Man's Causal Inference with Roger Peng
2026-10-12
37:22
Roger Peng joins ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into becoming an accidental business man.Check out the details here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow along on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@regressiontothemeangirls⁠⁠
The Marshmallow Test (Not That One) with Mattan Ben-Shachar
2026-10-05
43:32
Mattan Ben-Shachar joins ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into whether different colored marshmallows taste different. *Be sure to listen to the end for a surprising addendum!Check out the full process here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow along on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@regressiontothemeangirls⁠⁠
Election Data Web Scraping with Emily Riederer
2026-09-28
42:46
Emily Riederer⁠⁠ (Capital One) joins ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into scraping election data. Check out the full process here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow along on instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@regressiontothemeangirls⁠⁠
The Art of Web Scraping Art with Hadley Wickham
2026-09-21
39:46
Hadley Wickham (Posit) joins ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into building a web scraper to help acquire art. Check out the full process here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠⁠⁠Links to content we chat about on the episode:⁠⁠Weston Lambert ArtParallel strands between learning crochet and learning programming by Maëlle SalmonFollow along on instagram: ⁠⁠@regressiontothemeangirls
The Comfort of Competence and the Speed of Justice, According to Law & Order, with Christine Zhang
2026-09-14
1:13:31
Christine Zhang (New York Times) joins ⁠⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠⁠⁠ with a data-driven side quest into the TV show Law and Order. Check out the full analysis here: ⁠⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠⁠Links to content we chat about on the episode:Wrong Number newsletterThe Speed of Justice, According to Law & OrderFollow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeangirls
The Work Is Mysterious and Important: Severance Data
2026-09-07
42:02
⁠Lucy D'Agostino McGowan⁠ and ⁠Sarah Lotspeich⁠ return with a data-driven side quest into the TV show Severance. Lucy analyzes whether Milchick really uses more complicated language than his colleagues.Check out the full analysis here: ⁠regressiontothemeangirls.com⁠Links to content we chat about on the episode:⁠Lucy's Severance data R package [mdr]⁠⁠Lucy's other Severance analyses⁠⁠Dunnet⁠⁠Radial plot of who is speaking in Severance ⁠Follow along on instagram: @regressiontothemeangirls

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Regression to the Mean Girls

Sarah Lotspeich and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan

11 avsnitt

The Kiss Effect on Television Ratings with Ashley Mullan

BART for Baseball with Sameer Deshpande

Dancing with the Stats with Grayson Weavil, Madeline Merrill, and Wesley Krieger

Mixed Effects, Mixed Signals: Love Island Kissing Scores with Hannah Barton

Every Man's Causal Inference with Roger Peng

The Marshmallow Test (Not That One) with Mattan Ben-Shachar

Election Data Web Scraping with Emily Riederer

The Art of Web Scraping Art with Hadley Wickham

The Comfort of Competence and the Speed of Justice, According to Law & Order, with Christine Zhang

The Work Is Mysterious and Important: Severance Data