“Data in Wonderland”: A course on storytelling with data:

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
“Data in Wonderland”: A course on storytelling with data:
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Scott Spencer is teaching this class at Columbia. It looks really cool.
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July 10, 2022 7:25 AM
Thanks for clarifying, I guess I just assumed since Cowen was repping it. Apologies all around!
Roger on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 10:37 PM
No, I think the obvious reading is that Columbia is disappointed that it can no long brag about being No.…
paul alper on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 10:15 PM
That is a bit premature. Whenever talking about Columbia and ratings we need to bring up Bill Swiacki. Watch the…
Michael Thaddeus on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 9:47 PM
I quite agree with Andrew's perplexity about Columbia being "disappointed." U.S. News says that it wrote to Columbia raising some…
July 9, 2022 7:21 PM
Wins thread. Game over.
July 9, 2022 5:43 PM
Hell yeah, this means the place where I work automatically moves up to #4,863!
Carlos Ungil on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 9, 2022 4:18 PM
San Francisco may not be relevant for a discussion of housing policy in California but I agree with other commenters…
name withheld by request on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 2:59 PM
Andrew said: "At this point I might suggest that Columbia just give up on the U.S. News rankings entirely and…
Andrew on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 2:35 PM
Name: Sure, I'm not saying it's trivial to put together the numbers. It takes some work. But there must be…
name withheld by request on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 1:47 PM
There's enough fuzziness and room for interpretation in some of those numbers that I'd imagine it's non-trivial to compile them…
somebody on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 9, 2022 1:24 PM
I have the opposite opinion as you. Krugman as an opinion columnist generally really annoys me, yet these statements in…
Andrew on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 1:08 PM
Name: See my comment to Eric above. I don't think it's "nitpicky" to say that they could just compile the…
Andrew on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 1:04 PM
Eric: Yeah, it's already been 4 months since Thaddeus's first report, and they seem to have done nothing so far…
Eric on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 12:58 PM
I would not be surprised if the "thorough review" (which probably won't be thorough if they don't "look at the…
name not provided on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 11:46 AM
I think the most charitable reading of Columbia's statement is something along the lines of 'we are disappointed this situation…
Raghu Parthasarathy on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 11:27 AM
I'm going to guess that you're an academic, or at least are highly educated (post-college), and so provided your daughters…
Andrew on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 10:58 AM
Alan: Just to follow up: 1. I agree with you 100% that schools should just say no to U.S. News.…
Matt Skaggs on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 9, 2022 10:57 AM
Mark Palko wrote: "Comparing the population densities of LA city and LA county suggests that there’s considerable underutilized land around…
name withheld by request on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 10:57 AM
I think Columbia's response is as close as you're ever going to see to being appropriate for the situation. Some…
July 9, 2022 9:57 AM
Scary.
Dale Lehman on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 9, 2022 8:44 AM
Mark At this point, I am having trouble understanding what your point is. It seems like you want to double…
Joshua on Back in the USA
July 9, 2022 8:44 AM
I thought this factoid was worthy of this blog but didn't know where else to put it: https://electionlawblog.org/?p=130497 So if…
LE on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 8:29 AM
I wonder how common this is in other universities. In my view a correct response from us news would be…
Dale Lehman on “Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings”
July 9, 2022 8:13 AM
What should we make of the "thorough review?" It is to their credit to be thorough, but it has been…
Dale Lehman on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 8, 2022 2:45 PM
I like most of Palko's comments, but this time I believe he missed the mark. Regarding, LA being ringed by…
Jake on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 8, 2022 2:17 PM
> . But for a location, it places SV in NW San Jose That's odd, because for me it's showing…
paul alper on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 8, 2022 2:07 PM
Today's blog began with "East Coast media figures who don’t understand California" But Andrew just pointed to a 2010 blog…
John Williams on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 8, 2022 11:59 AM
+1 On the more general point, my recollection is that Krugman is more willing to admit errors than most columnists.
jd on Moving cross-validation from a research idea to a routine step in Bayesian data analysis
July 8, 2022 11:47 AM
Nice! I would like to add how well this software (loo package) is supported with Aki (and others) often taking…
somebody on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 8, 2022 11:45 AM
If you build tiny apartments for them, they still won’t be living there because they will be outcompeted by upper…
July 8, 2022 11:17 AM
Paul: I think you'll enjoy this.
paul alper on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 8, 2022 11:05 AM
I grew up in the Bronx and therefore, Brooklyn was a distant land somewhere out there. As a kid, I…
Rodney Sparapani on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 8, 2022 10:56 AM
The Wikipedia article does call it a region. But for a location, it places SV in NW San Jose. And…
Matt Skaggs on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 8, 2022 10:47 AM
"as Palko correctly points out, it is actually down by San Jose" I can't find a thing wrong with what…
paul alper on Krugman in the uncanny valley: A theory about east coast pundits and California
July 8, 2022 10:46 AM
Andrew wrote: "In this case, Musk’s point is made in the form of a joke, but it’s still work exploring…