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Risk, Overreaction, and Control
How many people died because of the September 11 attacks? The answer depends on what you are trying to measure. The official estimate is around 3,000 deaths as a direct result of hijacked aircraft and at the World Trade Center, … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, books, crime, culture, data, economics, elections, ethical statistics, explanation, foreign policy, history, international relations, nerd, political science, politics, psychology, reading, science, security, statistics, terrorism, traffic, transportation, violence, war
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Python for Political Scientists, Spring 2013 Recap
This spring Josh Cutler‘s Python course was back by popular demand. (This time it was known as “Computational Political Economy” but I like the less formal title.) I participated this time around as a teaching assistant rather than student, and … Continue reading
What Can Novels Teach Us?
Is it worthwhile for a social scientist to read fiction? What can novels teach us about human behavior? This post summarizes the work of several authors who would answer the first question with a resounding “yes,” and describes their arguments … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, data, politics, research, behavior, science, game theory, literature, history, rhetoric, entertainment, reading, political science, fun, education, culture, how-to, novels, fiction, useful fiction
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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: Book ID Numbers
If you are a bookworm like me, you have evidence of this micro-institution all around you. Grab a nearby book and look at the back cover, or a couple of pages inside the front cover. You will see a series … Continue reading
Statistical Thinking and the Birth of Modern Computing
What do fighter pilots, casinos, and streetlights all have in common? These three disparate topics are all the subject of statistical thinking that led to (and benefitted from) the development of modern computing. This process is described in Turing’s Cathedral by George … Continue reading
Micro-Institutions Everywhere: Species and Regime Types
In a two-for-one example of micro-institutions, Jay Ulfelder blogs this paragraph from a paper Ian Lustick: One might naively imagine that Darwin’s theory of the “origin of species” to be “only” about animals and plants, not human affairs, and therefore presume its … Continue reading
What is the Future of Publishing?
Today’s journal publishing system is the best possible. If you limit yourself to 17th century technology, that is. Quips like these were sprinkled throughout Jason Priem’s presentation on altmetrics at Duke on Monday. Altmetrics is short for “alternative metrics,” or … Continue reading
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Tagged academica, behavior, communication, ethical statistics, history, how-to, media, philosophy of science, political science, research, science
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: Oximetry with Ruby and R
These posts are getting pretty esoteric, which may be a sign that I should put the series on hold for a while. Feed back is welcome. In any event, here’s some midweek entertainment for the coders among you: A popular … Continue reading
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Tagged coding, data, education, entertainment, fun, health, health care, how-to, nerd, programming, R, Ruby, science
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Steve Jobs and the Value of Time
Steve Jobs’ attitude toward time comes through clearly in the Walter Isaacson biography. This trait seems to have been ingrained well before his years spent suffering from cancer. According to Steve Wozniak, as early as 1985 Jobs acknowledged that his … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, creativity, focus, how-to, information technology, invention, literature, nerd, philosophy, science, technology, time
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: Sudoku on the Richter Scale
I have wanted to write a post on Sudoku for a while now–especially computer programs that can solve puzzles or evaluate solutions. This week’s Nerd Fun post gives me a chance to bring up the topic, thanks to a recent … Continue reading
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Tagged computer science, entertainment, fun, games, nerd, programming, science, sudoku, technology
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