John Holbein
@johnholbein1.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education @UVA.
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John Holbein
@johnholbein1.bsky.social
· Jun 12
Did you know that your siblings can influence whether you vote?
Well, because of our new working paper you do!
@mike-bloem.bsky.social, @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social, sam imlay
Well, because of our new working paper you do!
@mike-bloem.bsky.social, @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social, sam imlay
You know what pairs perfectly with Thanksgiving turkey, mashed potatoes, and pie?
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Finishing that review you've been sitting on for 6+ months.
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Finishing that review you've been sitting on for 6+ months.
Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio
Does blinding--i.e., concealing applicants' identities--reduce gender gaps in academic conference paper acceptances?
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
I recently hit 6 months under review for a paper.
The reviewers must really like them to spend so much time on them.
The reviewers must really like them to spend so much time on them.
This is wild!
Seven-day-ahead weather forecasts in high-income countries are more accurate than one-day-ahead weather forecasts in low-income countries.
Seven-day-ahead weather forecasts in high-income countries are more accurate than one-day-ahead weather forecasts in low-income countries.
This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
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"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
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"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
(This comment sounds a bit more critical than I intend it to be.)
If mass shootings only have effects in rare conditions, I'm not sure what that says for what we know about democratic accountability.