Here is the list of books I have read in 2021: 1. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 2. Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis 3. The Little Book of Investing in Nature by John Tobin-de la Puente and Andrew W. Mitchell 4. Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit by […]
Year: 2021
Skaber sociale medier ekkokamre? #5
I 2017, 2018, 2019 og 2020 skrev jeg om, hvorvidt og i hvilket omfang sociale medier skaber ekkokamre. Nu hvor 2021 så småt er ved at gå på hæld, tænkte jeg, at det ville være relevant at belyse et par af de nye studier, der direkte eller indirekte kigger på, hvorvidt sociale medier skaber ekkokamre. […]
Potpourri: Statistics #80
– Data Vis Dispatch: June 22, June 29, July 6, July 13, July 20, July 27, August 3, August 10, August 17, August 24, August 31, September 7, September 14, September 21, September 28, October 5, October 12, October 19, October 26, November 2, November 9, November 16, November 23, November 30, December 7, December […]
Assorted links #10
271. The misuse of colour in science communication 272. Click 273. 52 things I learned in 2021 274. 52 Snippets from 2021 275. If Marx or Freud had never lived? 276. How we became weekly 277. How To Learn Stuff Quickly 278. An Ex-Drinker’s Search for a Sober Buzz 279. Using spider-web patterns to determine […]
The psychological underpinnings of policy feedback effects
There has been a lot of scholarly attention devoted to explaining why policies have feedback effects on public opinion. In my review of the policy feedback literature, I made the following observation on the attention to potential explanations in the literature (p. 374): Soss and Schram (2007), for example, elaborate that policies change basic features […]
The post with answers to the book of questions
I was reading The Book of Questions (the revised and updated 2013 edition) by Gregory Stock and I decided to answer all of the questions. Here they are – in the order the questions are asked in the book. Of course, I can’t provide the questions in this post but I have formulated the answers […]
25 interesting facts #15
351. Preservation of historical heritage increases bird biodiversity in urban centers (Bhakti et al. 2021) 352. Torturers in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq justified their actions morally by diffusing responsibility, blaming victims, and using just-cause thinking (Einolf 2021) 353. Dogs exhibit social skills and interest in human faces by 8 weeks of age (Bray et al. 2021) […]
How should the government cut emissions?
Governments around the world need to cut emissions. However, there is not a simple template to use and, most importantly, different initiatives will not attract the same level of public support. For that reason, we need to consider how governments can most effective cut emissions with the support of the public. In a new report […]
New article in Journal of Hospital Infection: Nudging hand hygiene compliance
In the December issue of Journal of Hospital Infection, you will find our new article titled Nudging hand hygiene compliance: a large-scale field experiment on hospital visitors. Here is the abstract: Background. Hospital-care-associated infections (HCAIs) represent the most frequent adverse event during care delivery, affecting hundreds of millions of patients around the world. Implementing and […]
The table rule
Before you make a table make sure you need a table. Here is the first rule of tables: a table should have more than one row of data. That is, make sure there is a need for a table that enables the reader to easily compare entries across multiple rows and columns in a systematic […]