201. Rats can learn the complex task of navigating a car to a desired goal area (Crawford et al. 2020) 202. 90% of academics in the UK have been working while sick at least sometimes (Kinman and Wray 2021) 203. Back-to-front airline boarding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic roughly doubles the infection exposure compared […]
Year: 2021
New article in Political Science Research and Methods: Longevity returns to political office
In the July issue of Political Science Research and Methods, Sebastian Barfort, Robert Klemmensen and yours truly have an article on the longevity returns to political office. Here is the abstract: Does political office cause worse or better longevity prospects? Two perspectives in the literature offer contradicting answers. First, increased income, social status, and political […]
Observationer relateret til COVID-19 #4
Planer. Min plan var, at mit forrige indlæg med observationer direkte eller indirekte relateret til COVID-19 skulle blive mit sidste indlæg i rækken. Der er dog nok en selvstændig pointe i, at hvis COVID-19 har lært os én ting, så er det, at ideen om at lave planer i en pandemi giver meget lidt mening. […]
Jytte fra Marketing er desværre tilbage
Her den anden dag fik jeg læst Jytte vender tilbage. Bogen er skrevet af Morten Münster og er en opfølger til bogen Jytte fra Marketing er desværre gået for i dag (som jeg anmeldte for Kommunikationsforum). Hvis du allerede er bekendt med grundlæggende begreber inden for statistik (eksempelvis fødselsdagsparadokset), adfærdsøkonomi (eksempelvis tabsaversion), og økonomi mere […]
The plural of anecdote
There are two very different quotes. The first is “the plural of anecdote is not data”. The second is “the plural of anecdote is data”. They are pretty much opposites. You can find more information on the two quotes here. I often see the former quote being used to dismiss anecdotal evidence and ask for […]