Author: Erik Gahner Larsen

A new paper argues that political orientation can be correctly classified with 72% accuracy using facial recognition technology. The paper begins with considerations about how “facial recognition can be used without subjects’ consent or knowledge”, which is true, but I am confident we do not need to be concerned about being able to predict people’s […]

892. What the f*ck Python! 893. Notes On Using Data Science & Machine Learning To Fight For Something That Matters 894. Computational and Inferential Thinking: The Foundations of Data Science 895. data-science-ipython-notebooks 896. How to make an awesome Python package in 2021 897. Tutorial: Working with Large Data Sets using Pandas and JSON in Python […]

The pie chart is more than 200 years old. And I am sure people will use pie charts 200 years from now (cf., the Lindy effect). It is a popular chart type and I am not universally against using pie charts. However, in most cases – especially in academic publications – the pie chart is […]

151. Families’ wealth in Florence in 1427 predicts their wealth in 2011 (Barone and Mocetti 2020) 152. People pay as much attention to the sample size as the rated quality in online reviews when choosing products (Hayes et al. 2021) 153. Chimpanzees are rational maximizers and are not sensitive to fairness (Jensen et al. 2007) […]

I et tidligere indlæg kiggede jeg nærmere på en meningsmåling, der påstod, at 20 procent af vælgerne vil overveje at stemme på Lars Løkke Rasmussen og/eller hans nye parti. I indlægget gentog jeg nogle af de kritikpunkter, jeg tidligere har fremført, når medierne og analyseinstitutterne forsøger at belyse, hvor stor opbakningen er til et nyt […]