doubts_or_variability#

  • Series: lecture-python-advanced.myst

  • File: lectures/doubts_or_variability.md

  • Audit date: 2026-05-28

  • Categories audited: writing, math, code, figures, references, links, admonitions

  • Overall score: 6.4 / 10

  • Priority: MEDIUM

Score breakdown#

Category

Score

One-line note

Writing

8/10

Title in Title Case (with ?); sentence-case headings; one-sentence paragraphs.

Math

4/10

50 bare E_t/E_0; 23 \mathcal{N}; uses \top correctly however.

Code

6/10

Mixed spelled/unicode Greek (34 spelled vs 21 unicode); install cell with hide-output.

JAX

N/A

not a JAX lecture

Figures

6/10

9 figsize=; modern figure metadata; mixed capitalisation in axis labels.

References

9/10

28 {cite} and 20 {cite:t} correctly used.

Links

8/10

5 {doc} references; no raw cross-series URLs.

Admonitions

8/10

11 gated exercises and 11 solutions with :class: dropdown — exemplary.

Issues#

Critical#

None found.

High severity#

  • [qe-math-010 (proposed)] — 50 bare E_t/E_0 for expectation instead of \mathbb{E}. Count: 50 occurrences.

  • [qe-math-011 (proposed)] — 23 \mathcal{N} used as Normal distribution. Count: 23 occurrences.

Medium severity#

  • [qe-fig-001] — 9 figsize= settings.

  • [qe-code-002] — Spelled-out Greek (34 occurrences) mixed with unicode.

Low severity#

  • [qe-writing-009 (proposed)] — 3 “i.i.d.” occurrences in text.

Strengths#

  • Title in Title Case with question mark (qe-writing-006).

  • One-sentence paragraph rule followed (qe-writing-001).

  • \top used for transpose (16 occurrences) (qe-math-002).

  • Heavy correct use of {cite:t} and {cite} (qe-ref-001).

  • Modern figure metadata with mystnb: figure: caption: ... name: fig-... (qe-fig-005).

  • Exercises gated; solutions with :class: dropdown (qe-admon-001, qe-admon-002).

  • {doc} for cross-series references (qe-link-002).

  • Install cell at top with hide-output (qe-code-003).