The Markup
Journalistic Lessons for the Algorithmic Age
6 min · · A farewell letter from Julia Angwin · Shared by 167, including Brian Stelter, Stephanie A Kowalski, Lluís Codina, Jay Rosen, Andreas Von Gunten, Yann “不停” Heurtaux @shalf@mastodon.social, Marie-José Kolly, Clemens M. Schuster, Sisi Wei, felix salmon
eventoddlers.xtreemhost.com
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Quartz
Scientific journals are incentivized to publish positive drug studies
3 min · · The revenue medical journals earn from reprints is a big incentive to publish studies with positive findings. · Shared by 12, including Marie-José Kolly, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈
catalogofbias.org
Catalog of Bias
2 min · · Systematic differences in the identification of individuals included in a study or distortion in the collection of data in a study. · Shared by 8, including Marie-José Kolly, Gregg Gonsalves
projectionwizard.org
Projection Wizard
7 min · · Geographic coordinates: WGS84 ETRS89 NAD83 Linear units: Meter Intl. Foot Projection Wizard is a web application that helps cartographers select an appropriate projection for their map. Depending on… · Shared by 5, including Marie-José Kolly
Collab Fund
Does Not Compute
8 min · · A lot of things don’t make any sense. The numbers don’t add up, the explanations are full of holes. And yet they keep happening – people making crazy decisions, reacting in bizarre ways. Over and… · Shared by 600, including Morgan Housel, Marie-José Kolly
statisticsbyjim.com
Confounding Variables Can Bias Your Results
· Omitted variable bias occurs when a model omits confounding variables. This bias can completely flip your results! Learn how to detect and correct it. · Shared by 4, including Marie-José Kolly
givinggreen.earth
Recommendations | Giving Green
3 min · · Our current recommendations target two key areas: Carbon Offsets, which seek to cause immediate, verifiable decreases of GHGs in the atmosphere; and US Policy Change, which aims to change US policy to… · Shared by 20, including Marie-José Kolly
givewell.org
Top Charities
7 min · · Real change for your dollar · Shared by 94, including Max Roser, Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan in other places), Jeremy Caplan, felix salmon, William MacAskill, Alex Tabarrok 🛡️, Marie-José Kolly, Clemens M. Schuster, Christoph Janz 🇺🇦🎗🕊
The Pudding
The Naked Truth
8 min · · How the names of 6,816 complexion products can reveal bias in beauty · Shared by 86, including Mirko Lorenz, Gisele Navarro, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, luis antónio santos, Tactical Tech, Amber Thomas, Marie-José Kolly, Stephanie A Kowalski
pruned-correlations.netlify.app
Pruned Correlations
3 min · · Structured data tends to come in rows for observations and columns for variables. Whenever you run into a new dataset, it seems a good idea to stroll along its columns in order to establish a data… · Shared by 4, including Marie-José Kolly
The New Yorker
What Data Can’t Do
8 min · · When it comes to people—and policy—numbers are both powerful and perilous. · Shared by 719, including 👨🏻💻☕️, Satya Patel, David Smith, Ronald van Loon, Nige Roberts-Willson, Aleksandra Wisniewska, Chris Moran, Michael Seemann, Tim Harford, Mike Tamir, PhD, Bob E. Hayes, Abeba Birhane, Kyle Bunch, Marie-José Kolly, Helen De Cruz, Eric Topol, Mirko Lorenz, Brian Ahier, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, Tactical Tech
The Atlantic
Why the Pandemic Experts Failed
10 min · · We're still thinking about pandemic data in the wrong ways. · Shared by 182, including Gregg Gonsalves, Scott Gottlieb, MD, Michael Mina, Erin Kissane, but gone, Shmuel Shoham, Patricia Churchland, Christian Fauteux, Tim Harford, Marie-José Kolly, Carrie Brown, Steve Silberman, Gabriel Leung, Jane, Alexis C. Madrigal, Marc Lipsitch, dj patil, Ben Jones
bfs.admin.ch
Öffentliche Statistiken zu Todesfällen, Übersterblichkeit, Todesursachen und meldepflichtigen Erkrankungen
· https://www.bfs.admin.ch/content/bfs/de/home/statistiken/gesundheit/gesundheitszustand/sterblichkeit-todesursachen.assetdetail.16284253.html Social media links · Shared by 5, including Marie-José Kolly
Vox
One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong
9 min · · The kind of people who answer polls are really weird, and it’s ruining polling. · Shared by 58, including Jeff Atwood, Ken Norton, Marie-José Kolly, Matt Goodwin, T. Greer, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Bob E. Hayes, Rand Fishkin, Andrew Sullivan, Dr. Lauren Copeland