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Winston Lin
@linstonwin.bsky.social
senior lecturer in statistics, penn
NYC & Philadelphia
https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~winston
Back in 2017-18, a friend told me that Yale SOM banned laptops in MBA classes
January 19, 2026 at 5:13 PM
My syllabi have a footnote recommending the same 2017 @dynarski.bsky.social review that @gregsasso.bsky.social shared. This semester I also looked at Nicholas Decker's recent blog post

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For better learning in college lectures, lay down the laptop and pick up a pen | Brookings
Susan Dynarski examines the evidence that students learn better if they aren't using their laptops during lectures.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Rosenbaum, Observation and Experiment
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Reposted by Winston Lin
Accessibility is *absolutely* key but also hard because of the curse of knowledge. I've written down some writing advice here: www.the100.ci/2024/12/01/w.... If you're more of a technical person, consider teaming up with a substantive researcher for instant audience access.>
Writing about technical topics in an accessible manner
A wise man – I’m quite sure it was Brian Wansink – once pointed out that it is impossible to both read and write a lot. So, maybe reading a post about how to write just steals time from the more urgen...
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January 8, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Citations always needed checking! Just as one example, I used to see my sole authored 2013 paper cited as “Lin et al” coz Google Scholar’s bib had an error :)
December 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I think of the 2019 Nobel as the 2nd wave of the experimental part of the credibility revolution. Ashenfelter, Card, & Lalonde’s work led to major job training RCTs in the US, and Angrist was one of Duflo’s advisors. Ashenfelter has a nice speech on the early history

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December 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I like this from @vamrhein.bsky.social et al. I assigned it to my class last semester and tried to explain that p-values measure how compatible (vs. surprising) the data are with the null, given our assumptions. But yeah, tests & CIs are hard to understand!

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November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In case this is of interest, even ANCOVA I is consistent and asymptotically normal in completely randomized experiments (though II is asymptotically more efficient in imbalanced or multiarm designs)
May 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM