five_preferences#

  • Series: lecture-python-advanced.myst

  • File: lectures/five_preferences.md

  • Audit date: 2026-05-28

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

  • Overall score: 6.8 / 10

  • Priority: MEDIUM

Score breakdown#

Category

Score

One-line note

Writing

7.5/10

Title in Title Case; sentence-case headings; many bolded keyword definitions.

Math

6.5/10

{\mathcal N} and {\cal N} for Normal distribution.

Code

6/10

18 spelled Greek vs 12 unicode; no install cell (scipy/numpy only).

JAX

N/A

not a JAX lecture

Figures

5/10

1 ax.set_title; 13 figsize=; captions present in some cells.

References

8/10

16 {cite} used; never {cite:t} despite some narrative refs.

Links

9/10

No cross-series URL links; self-contained.

Admonitions

N/A

no exercises, solutions, or proof-family directives.

Issues#

Critical#

None found.

High severity#

  • [qe-fig-001] — figsize= set 13 times — systemic. Count: 13 occurrences.

Medium severity#

  • [qe-math-011 (proposed)] — {\mathcal N} / {\cal N} used as Normal distribution. Example: lectures/five_preferences.md:693, :1897. Count: 2 occurrences.

  • [qe-writing-005] — Heavy decorative bolding for terms like **risk**, **uncertainty**, **uncertainty aversion**, **Knightian uncertainty**, **Remark:** mixes definitional and emphasis use.

  • [qe-fig-003] — 1 ax.set_title occurrence.

  • [qe-code-002] — Mixed spelled/unicode Greek (18 spelled vs 12 unicode).

Low severity#

  • [qe-math-004] — \mathbf{T} in plot label at L556.

  • Backtick-and-apostrophe quotation style and single-quoted 'penalty parameter' (L162, L469) is unusual; prefer markdown italics.

Strengths#

  • Title in Title Case (qe-writing-006).

  • Sentence-case headings (qe-writing-006).

  • \begin{bmatrix} used (qe-math-003).

  • Sequences in curly brackets (qe-math-005).

  • Equation labels and {eq} references (qe-math-007).

  • Some figures use mystnb captions and name: fields (qe-fig-005).