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A better way to fill in those missing bubbles in the standardized test
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A better way to fill in those missing bubbles in the standardized test | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
What’s the essence of blogging?
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What’s the essence of blogging? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The Mets are hiring
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The Mets are hiring | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
“The Great Believers” by Rebecca Makkai
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“The Great Believers” by Rebecca Makkai | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Concerns about the z-curve method
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Concerns about the z-curve method | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
My general advice if you’re stuck on a problem understanding a model you’ve fit to data
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My general advice if you’re stuck on a problem understanding a model you’ve fit to data | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
This one’s for the blimp
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This one’s for the blimp | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 10, 2026 at 1:37 AM
8 arguments against polling (some are good arguments, some are bad)
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8 arguments against polling (some are good arguments, some are bad) | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The soft bigotry of low expectations
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The soft bigotry of low expectations | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 9, 2026 at 1:08 AM
What is “workflow” and why is it important?
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What is “workflow” and why is it important? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
It’s open season on the unabashedly earnest
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It’s open season on the unabashedly earnest | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Uh oh prediction markets
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Uh oh prediction markets | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 7, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Survey Statistics: 4th helpings of the logit shift
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Survey Statistics: 4th helpings of the logit shift | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM
The stories behind our published research from last year
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The stories behind our published research from last year | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Last post on the estimated effects of Mississippi school reforms
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Last post on the estimated effects of Mississippi school reforms | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
When in doubt (in teaching and in research) do a simulation on the computer.
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When in doubt (in teaching and in research) do a simulation on the computer. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The combination of originality, ambition, and lack of scruple can take you far in social science.
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The combination of originality, ambition, and lack of scruple can take you far in social science. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Barnard College president promotes free expression, does not comment on recent anti-free-expression policies at the college
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Barnard College president promotes free expression, does not comment on recent anti-free-expression policies at the college | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Pinning the group-level variance parameters to speed computation for hierarchical models
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Pinning the group-level variance parameters to speed computation for hierarchical models | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
What we can remember (the vagaries of literary fame)
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What we can remember (the vagaries of literary fame) | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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December 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I have a feeling that crap research on space aliens, cold showers, mind-body healing, schoolyard evolutionary psychology, magic golf balls, himmicanes, subliminal smiley faces, etc has softened the ground so the seeds of more evil trees could take root.
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I have a horrible feeling sometimes that heavily promoted crap research on space aliens, cold showers, mind-body healing, schoolyard evolutionary psychology, extra-sensory perception, magic golf ball...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Survey Statistics: more adventures in mismeasured X
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Survey Statistics: more adventures in mismeasured X | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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December 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A funny mismatch between the level of the course and what the instructor is doing on the blackboard
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A funny mismatch between the level of the course and what the instructor is doing on the blackboard | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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December 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How the covid vaccine almost killed me
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How the covid vaccine almost killed me | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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December 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Looking at the Port Huron Statement, 63 years later
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Looking at the Port Huron Statement, 63 years later | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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December 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM