Whew.
9 years ago
Monday, July 1, 2013
Canada Day
In honor of Canada Day, which is today for those readers who do not attend to such important matters, a bit of fun from the Onion.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
More than marginally entertaining ...
A list of euphemisms, drawn from the published literature, for results that do not obtain statistical significance at conventional levels.
Of course, it makes little sense to set up an arbitrary, binary cutoff level for the p-value, but that is, sadly, the world that we live in as we await the casual bayesian revolution.
Hat tip: Jianlin Wang
Of course, it makes little sense to set up an arbitrary, binary cutoff level for the p-value, but that is, sadly, the world that we live in as we await the casual bayesian revolution.
Hat tip: Jianlin Wang
Saturday, June 29, 2013
TAA evaluation released
The evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Act that I posted about before has finally been released. You can find it on DOL ETA's web page.
The evaluation was performed by Mathematica Policy Research on behalf of the US Department of Labor. I would say (and I might be biased as I provided some comments at various points) that the authors have done the best they could with the available data and variation. We could, of course, have better data and variation if we really wanted to.
The evaluation was performed by Mathematica Policy Research on behalf of the US Department of Labor. I would say (and I might be biased as I provided some comments at various points) that the authors have done the best they could with the available data and variation. We could, of course, have better data and variation if we really wanted to.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Assorted links
1. Could it be worse? Well, yes.
2. Deconstructing Georgetown Mall in Ann Arbor.
3. I Dream of Jeannie (and so does Bill Clinton).
4. David Warsh spanks Paul Krugman
5. Steve Martin as the Great Flydini
Hat tip on #1 to Dan Black and on #5 to Jackie Smith
2. Deconstructing Georgetown Mall in Ann Arbor.
3. I Dream of Jeannie (and so does Bill Clinton).
4. David Warsh spanks Paul Krugman
5. Steve Martin as the Great Flydini
Hat tip on #1 to Dan Black and on #5 to Jackie Smith
Monday, May 27, 2013
Assorted links
1. Cool pictures of old plane crashes.
2. A very Ann Arbor story involving obsessive house construction and opinionated neighbors.
3. I agree with Tyler that this is provoking and well worth reading.
4. What academic statisticians make.
5. Are banks more moral than porn stars?
#1 via the agitator. Hat tip on #5 to Charlie Brown.
2. A very Ann Arbor story involving obsessive house construction and opinionated neighbors.
3. I agree with Tyler that this is provoking and well worth reading.
4. What academic statisticians make.
5. Are banks more moral than porn stars?
#1 via the agitator. Hat tip on #5 to Charlie Brown.
Frontiers of academic research: metal music studies
Check out the Society for Metal Music Studies and read an interview with a metal studies sociologist.
A taster from the interview:
Great stuff.
Hat tip: a speaker at this conference.
A taster from the interview:
Q: What, in your view, is the dividing line between “metal” and “rock”?I guess that means metal goes up to 11.
A: Metal is one louder.
Great stuff.
Hat tip: a speaker at this conference.
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