Together with Gianna Maria Eick, Ben Baumberg Geiger and Trude Sundberg, I have an article in the new issue of Journal of Political Science Education. Here is the abstract: A number of studies demonstrate that quantitative teaching provides social science students with analytical and critical skills. Accordingly, the skills acquired during quantitative teaching are assumed […]
Category: statistics
Potpourri: Statistics #80
1099. 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 […]
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 […]
Trust, mistrust and distrust
Trust is important for a well-functioning society and democracy. If we cannot trust each other, politicians and political institutions, we are in deep trouble. For that reason, I am happy to see that scientists aim to understand not only what can explain trust, but also how we should understand trust in the first place. Specifically, […]
Visualisering af støtte til forskellige coronarestriktioner
Jeg har tidligere været kritisk overfor de figurer, der bliver delt ifm. håndteringen af coronapandemien. I dette indlæg giver jeg et eksempel på en figur, der (relativt) let kunne forbedres. Der er tale om en figur, der viser støtten til indførelsen af forskellige restriktioner (tilgængelig på side 5 i denne rapport): Problemet med figuren er, […]