Most people have their own personal stories to tell about the COVID-19 pandemic. The first encounter with the new virus, the experience of lockdowns (or lack hereof), (not) getting vaccinated, etc. We all have our own unique view on life during the pandemic. However, at the core of the pandemic was data. Statistics, numbers, graphs, […]
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25 interesting facts #18
426. Western sanctions on Russia in 2014 forced Putin to pay a political price, but the price was low compared to the benefits arising from the Crimea annexation (Alexseev and Hale 2020) 427. More than three-quarters of the Amazon rainforest has been losing resilience since the early 2000s (Boulton et al. 2022) 428. Men are […]
Hvor mange vil stemme på Inger Støjbergs parti?
Berlingske bragte forleden en artikel på baggrund af en ny meningsmåling med titlen “Hver femte dansker ville stemme på Inger Støjberg”. Meningsmålingen er foretaget for 24syv, hvortil Inger Støjberg udtaler: “Det er klart, at en sådan opbakning giver mig lyst til at vende tilbage til Folketinget.” Avisen.dk kan ligeledes rapportere på baggrund af meningsmålingen, at […]
Potpourri: Statistics #82
1172. Seven steps toward more transparency in statistical practice 1173. Fooled by beautiful data: Visualization aesthetics bias trust in science, news, and social media 1174. 10 ways to use fewer colors in your data visualizations 1175. Why scatter plots suggest causality, and what we can do about it 1176. LOCO: The 88-million-word language of conspiracy […]
Meetings are bad because they are meetings
I was reading a blog post by Tyler Cowen with his reflections on why meetings often are so bad. There are several good explanations and interpretations offered in the post and the comments. Here is my summary/interpretation of why meetings often are bad: Negativity bias. Good meetings are easy to forget because they are relatively […]