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Andrew Gelman
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
2019
10 Feb 2019
6 Feb 2019
5 Feb 2019
“The algorithm is named after Hamiltonian dynamics, a model of physics that is used to construct the steps of the computation, and Monte Carlo, the town in Monaco that is associated with casinos and random algorithms more generally.”original ↗
4 Feb 2019
3 Feb 2019
1 Feb 2019
31 Jan 2019
“Objective: Generate evidence for the comparative effectiveness for each pairwise comparison of depression treatments for a set of outcomes of interest.”original ↗
29 Jan 2019
28 Jan 2019
What should JPSP have done with Bem’s ESP paper, back in 2010? Click to find the surprisingly simple answer!original ↗
27 Jan 2019
If this article portrays things accurately, the nutrition literature is in even worse shape than I thoughtoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2019
When doing regression (or matching, or weighting, or whatever), don’t say “control for,” say “adjust for”original ↗
25 Jan 2019
One more reason to remove letters of recommendation when evaluating candidates for jobs or scholarships.original ↗
24 Jan 2019
24 Jan 2019
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water . . . SHARK ATTACKS in the Journal of Politicsoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2019
“Either the results are completely wrong, or Nasa has confirmed a major breakthrough in space propulsion.”original ↗
19 Jan 2019
18 Jan 2019
18 Jan 2019
16 Jan 2019
Data partitioning as an essential element in evaluation of predictive properties of a statistical methodoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2019
Oscar Wilde (1) vs. Joe Pesci; the Japanese dude who won the hot dog eating contest advancesoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2019
Carol Burnett (4) vs. the Japanese dude who won the hot dog eating contest; Albert Brooks advancesoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2019
14 Jan 2019
12 Jan 2019
11 Jan 2019
MRP (multilevel regression and poststratification; Mister P): Clearing up misunderstandings aboutoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2019
9 Jan 2019
8 Jan 2019
5 Jan 2019
3 Jan 2019
What to do when you read a paper and it’s full of errors and the author won’t share the data or be open about the analysis?original ↗
2 Jan 2019
2018
Authority figures in psychology spread more happy talk, still don’t get the point that much of the published, celebrated, and publicized work in their field is no good (Part 2)original ↗
31 Dec 2018
“Check yourself before you wreck yourself: Assessing discrete choice models through predictive simulations”original ↗
29 Dec 2018
27 Dec 2018
26 Dec 2018
“Thus, a loss aversion principle is rendered superfluous to an account of the phenomena it was introduced to explain.”original ↗
25 Dec 2018
Zak David expresses critical views of some published research in empirical quantitative financeoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2018
“When Both Men and Women Drop Out of the Labor Force, Why Do Economists Only Ask About Men?”original ↗
23 Dec 2018
21 Dec 2018
Exploring model fit by looking at a histogram of a posterior simulation draw of a set of parameters in a hierarchical modeloriginal ↗
20 Dec 2018
19 Dec 2018
Comparing racism from different eras: If only Tucker Carlson had been around in the 1950s he could’ve been a New York Intellectual.original ↗
18 Dec 2018
18 Dec 2018