76. Wealthier Americans have per capita footprints ∼25% higher than those of lower-income residents, primarily due to larger homes (Goldstein et al. 2020) 77. Having a baby the week before an election reduces turnout by 26 percentage points for mothers and 13 percentage points for fathers (Bhatti et al. 2019) 78. Early investments in state […]
Month: October 2020
Hvor mange vil stemme på Veganerpartiet?
Forleden kunne medierne rapportere, at Veganerpartiet har fået underskrifter nok til at stille op til folketingsvalget. Denne nyhed blev slået stort op. Ekstra Bladet gik eksempelvis – som andre medier og vanen tro – direkte til breaking news: Efterfølgende har det dog været begrænset, hvor meget vi har hørt til partiet. Ikke desto mindre er […]
The political scientist as a blogger
Ten years ago, John Sides wrote a paper titled The Political Scientist as a Blogger. Despite the fact that the internet is not the same today as it was ten years ago, it is still an interesting read. Specifically, the paper made me think about why political scientists should (not) blog in 2020, why I […]
Dark Data: Why What You Don’t Know Matters
I like data and I like books about data. Unsurprisingly, I found the book Dark Data: Why What You Don’t Know Matters interesting to read. The book is packed with fun and interesting examples of what data can and cannot tell us. For people who teach introductory statistics and are running low on examples, I […]
Confusing and misleading terms in psychology
I was reading a couple of articles with examples of terms in psychological research that are either confusing, ambiguous or misleading. The two articles are Fifty psychological and psychiatric terms to avoid: a list of inaccurate, misleading, misused, ambiguous, and logically confused words and phrases (Lilienfeld et al. 2015) and 50 Differences That Make a […]