In political science, the predominant way to discuss causality is in relation to experiments and counterfactuals (within the potential outcomes framework). However, we also use concepts such as internal and external validity and sometimes we use arrows to show how different concepts are connected. When I was introduced to causality, it was on a PowerPoint […]
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How (not) to study suicide terrorism
Today is the 20 year anniversary for 9/11. That made me look into one of the most salient methodological discussions on how to study suicide terrorism within political science. Suicide terrorism is a difficult topic to study. Why? Because we cannot learn about the causes (or correlates) of suicide terrorism from only studying cases of […]
Assorted links #6
151. The Art of Command Line 152. The Ultimate Guide to Inflation 153. How will climate change shape climate opinion? 154. We Should All Be More Afraid of Driving 155. A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging apps 156. Twenty Years Gone: What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind 157. Burning out […]
Er Socialdemokratiet gået tilbage i meningsmålingerne? #4
Hos TV 2 kan man læse, at en opsigtsvækkende meningsmåling fra Megafon antyder nye styrkeforhold i dansk politik. Konkret fremhæves det, at Socialdemokratiet og Venstre begge står til en mærkbar tilbagegang. På baggrund af dækningen af Megafon-målingen hos TV 2 er det således nemt at tro, at den konkrete måling viser store forandringer. Dette er, […]
Happy Danes
I finally got to read The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well, written by Meik Wiking. It’s actually a fine book and if you are moving to Denmark, I would definitely recommend picking it up (it’s an easy read). There is a lot of things that are good to know about […]