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In a previous post, I outlined specific issues and concerns with a recent study finding that wind speed could “predict” the Brexit remain vote. Since then, a few other people have written about the study. First, Nick Brown has noticed a few basic factual errors in the descriptions of the referendum in a blog post: […]

Skal meningsmålinger fra alle analyseinstitutter inkluderes i et kvalitetsvægtet gennemsnit? I mit forrige indlæg om FiveThirtyEights nye vægtede gennemsnit pointerede jeg, at G. Elliott Morris, der nu står bag det vægtede snit, ikke delte samme tilgang til vægtede snit som Nate Silver, der i mange år har været synonym med FiveThirtyEight. Et af de konkrete […]

1103. Notes on Nigeria / Notes on Benin 1104. Ten Principles for Good Design 1105. Pricing Money: A Beginner’s Guide to Money. Bonds, Futures and Swaps 1106. List of open-source alternatives to everyday SaaS products 1107. Seinfeld Law: An Outrageous, Egregious, Preposterous, take on the legal issues of Seinfeld 1108. The ergodicity problem in economics […]

I do no longer use Twitter. As of today, I am no longer checking my Twitter feeds and I will not read or reply to any notifications or DMs. I miss Twitter, but it is not a Twitter I can visit – even if I wanted. Twitter is simply not the same as it used […]

Natural experiments are experiments that take place in the ‘real’ world (i.e., in ‘nature’) without any randomisation managed by the researcher. In contrast to a ‘normal’ experiment where only the involved researchers are aware of the experiment and the data collection, natural experiments are often available to all researchers with access to the relevant data. […]