1470. D’ya Like DAGs? A Survey on Structure Learning and Causal Discovery 1471. Custom Discrete Color Scales for ggplot2 1472. A New Coefficient of Correlation 1473. Ten simple rules for teaching yourself R 1474. The case for variable labels in R 1475. Fooled by beautiful data: Visualization aesthetics bias trust in science, news, and social […]
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I am 34 33 32 now. Here is a fun fact: I’m older than half of the world’s population. Actually, it turns out that all dogs alive when I was born are, according to Wikipedia, long gone. I am by most sensible metrics not young anymore. Maybe I spend a disproportionate amount of time thinking […]
How to improve your figures #11: Do not repeat information
Do not repeat information in your visualisations. I repeat: Do not repeat information in your visualisations. Space is limited when you visualise data, and you need to make sure that every pixel is worth the space. If you repeat information in a figure, you are most likely using certain defaults and not repeating information consciously […]
Uber and irresistibly interesting data
The other day, the Guardian could report that Uber paid Alan Krueger $100,000 for a study that was positive towards Uber. The fact that the study was positive towards Uber should come as no surprise. You do not pay a lot of money for a study showing that your business is bad for the world. […]
Assorted links #18
521. Why Did Hitler Invade The Soviet Union? | Battles Won And Lost | Timeline 522. What Dinner Will Look Like in the Next 100 Years, According to Scientists (and Sci-Fi Authors) 523. Public Goods 524. Mechanical Watch 525. Which books are reddit users reading? 526. making friends on the internet 527. Some apps recommendations […]
Danske meningsmålinger er bedre end deres rygte
Forleden talte jeg med en journalist om, hvor gode meningsmålingerne er, herunder deres respektive styrker og svagheder. Det kom der en artikel ud af, der kan læses hos Midtjyllands Avis. Artiklen kommer ind på flere relevante emner i forhold til meningsmålingerne, eksempelvis den interne måling Ekstra Bladet formidlede om Søren Papes popularitet, de politiske meningsmålingers […]
My favourite links
I have created a new GitHub repository where I save my favourite links. I save the links in a CSV-file and then create a Markdown file where the links are sorted by category (with R Markdown). Here is an overview of the links currently available in the different categories (only categories with more than one […]
The liar paradox in self-reported survey data
The liar paradox is the logical paradox in the statement “I am lying”. If you are telling the truth about lying, are you then indeed lying? I have been thinking about this paradox and how it might also be relevant for survey research with implications for our understanding of measurement error and the interpretation of […]
25 interesting facts #23
551. The more people learn about terrorism, the smaller they perceive the threat of terrorism to be (Krause et al. 2022) 552. Harassment deters women and men from applying for jobs in workplaces where they are the gender minority (Folke and Rickne 2022) 553. People like music less when they think it was composed by […]
The Pret Coffee Subscription
When I am in London, I get ~95% of my coffee from Pret a Manger. Why? Because I have the Pret Coffee Subscription. In brief, I can get up to five units a day for £25 a month (coffee, tea, hot chocolate, smoothie, etc.). This is, at least in my case, very cheap. How is […]