Henry Savich
@henrysavich.me
Data specialist at the Tennessee State Collaborative for Reforming Education, working on better connecting higher education to the workforce
Nashville-based
Currently self-studying causal inference
Nashville-based
Currently self-studying causal inference
I’ve learned this in (semi) industry. People without statistics training don’t really believe in inherent uncertainty. In fact, they see it as the role of the analyst to eliminate uncertainty.
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I’ve learned this in (semi) industry. People without statistics training don’t really believe in inherent uncertainty. In fact, they see it as the role of the analyst to eliminate uncertainty.
Causal Inference: The Mixtape does it right
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Causal Inference: The Mixtape does it right
How can we apply more upward pressure on academic publishers to get better cover art?
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
How can we apply more upward pressure on academic publishers to get better cover art?
Intervention strategies. Work wonders but are a logistic nightmare to schedule.
Standardized testing - despite the political pressures to remove it
Rigorous academic standards for grade progression are better for most, but worse for low-achievers (who are predominantly minorities/ low-SES)
Standardized testing - despite the political pressures to remove it
Rigorous academic standards for grade progression are better for most, but worse for low-achievers (who are predominantly minorities/ low-SES)
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Intervention strategies. Work wonders but are a logistic nightmare to schedule.
Standardized testing - despite the political pressures to remove it
Rigorous academic standards for grade progression are better for most, but worse for low-achievers (who are predominantly minorities/ low-SES)
Standardized testing - despite the political pressures to remove it
Rigorous academic standards for grade progression are better for most, but worse for low-achievers (who are predominantly minorities/ low-SES)
I work in the education research-to-practice space and while the quality of education research could be higher, lack of evidentiated, actionable results is not the bottleneck. It’s 100% political and organizational/implementation challenges.
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I work in the education research-to-practice space and while the quality of education research could be higher, lack of evidentiated, actionable results is not the bottleneck. It’s 100% political and organizational/implementation challenges.
Will you feel proud or cheated when they start exclusively picking books with 302, 204, 105… pages? In fact what if I read 3 books 10 pages each. Is that 3 stickers?
May 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Will you feel proud or cheated when they start exclusively picking books with 302, 204, 105… pages? In fact what if I read 3 books 10 pages each. Is that 3 stickers?
We need a book, preferably a graphic novel
April 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We need a book, preferably a graphic novel
I’m chewing on this thought and I think the problem is the word “addictive.” Things that challenge people and make them grow are not addictive, for most people. Funny tweets don’t build text literacy and tiktoks don’t build video literacy
March 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I’m chewing on this thought and I think the problem is the word “addictive.” Things that challenge people and make them grow are not addictive, for most people. Funny tweets don’t build text literacy and tiktoks don’t build video literacy
Please keep social choice theory separate from online experimentation. I don’t want to see what happens when these literatures interact.
Thanks, -Henry
Thanks, -Henry
March 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Please keep social choice theory separate from online experimentation. I don’t want to see what happens when these literatures interact.
Thanks, -Henry
Thanks, -Henry
All this work on social welfare and we’ve barely made a dent at increasing the percentage of people making above median wage
March 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
All this work on social welfare and we’ve barely made a dent at increasing the percentage of people making above median wage
Even sadder we never call real parrots “deterministic parrots”
March 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Even sadder we never call real parrots “deterministic parrots”
My favorite unrelated homophone: lime the fruit (from Arabic through romance) vs lime the mineral (from Old English)
March 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
My favorite unrelated homophone: lime the fruit (from Arabic through romance) vs lime the mineral (from Old English)
American’s widespread negative opinion of weather people tells you how well we understand the concept of forecasting
March 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
American’s widespread negative opinion of weather people tells you how well we understand the concept of forecasting
How else do you recommend creating policy optimized for students in thin margins around proficiency cutoffs?
March 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
How else do you recommend creating policy optimized for students in thin margins around proficiency cutoffs?
If I buy a graphics card that’s the economy. If I buy a hand-carved pipe that’s not the economy. Simple.
March 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
If I buy a graphics card that’s the economy. If I buy a hand-carved pipe that’s not the economy. Simple.
Cold take. Here’s a hot take - subjectivity is a lie: we are unable to make judgments removed from our conceptions of utility
February 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Cold take. Here’s a hot take - subjectivity is a lie: we are unable to make judgments removed from our conceptions of utility
Don’t worry none of them have ever been convincingly causal
February 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Don’t worry none of them have ever been convincingly causal
The prevalence of student debt.
Left sees it as a problem of not financially supporting higher education enough.
Right sees it as a problem of recklessly over-promoting college
Left sees it as a problem of not financially supporting higher education enough.
Right sees it as a problem of recklessly over-promoting college
February 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The prevalence of student debt.
Left sees it as a problem of not financially supporting higher education enough.
Right sees it as a problem of recklessly over-promoting college
Left sees it as a problem of not financially supporting higher education enough.
Right sees it as a problem of recklessly over-promoting college
Academic research will be completely useless if we don’t find a better way to elevate good designs with null findings
February 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Academic research will be completely useless if we don’t find a better way to elevate good designs with null findings
There’s some strange anti A/B testing wave on LinkedIn and I don’t know where it could possibly come from.
People who believe good business should be about having good intuitions, I guess.
People who believe good business should be about having good intuitions, I guess.
February 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There’s some strange anti A/B testing wave on LinkedIn and I don’t know where it could possibly come from.
People who believe good business should be about having good intuitions, I guess.
People who believe good business should be about having good intuitions, I guess.
I don’t think “good” on this scale is even as high as a 9/10, so this NPS only goes negative
February 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I don’t think “good” on this scale is even as high as a 9/10, so this NPS only goes negative