Quartz
Scientific journals are incentivized to publish positive drug studies
3 min read · Feb 5th · The revenue medical journals earn from reprints is a big incentive to publish studies with positive findings.
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catalogofbias.org
Catalog of Bias
2 min read · Jan 27th · Systematic differences in the identification of individuals included in a study or distortion in the collection of data in a study.
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projectionwizard.org
Projection Wizard
7 min read · Jan 26th · 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…
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Collaborative Fund
Does Not Compute
8 min read · Jan 6th · 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…
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statisticsbyjim.com
Confounding Variables Can Bias Your Results
2021-06-22 · Omitted variable bias occurs when a model omits confounding variables. This bias can completely flip your results! Learn how to detect and correct it.
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yalegriffinprc.griffinhealth.org
Nutrition Detectives
2021-04-27
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givinggreen.earth
Recommendations | Giving Green
3 min read · 2021-04-02 · 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…
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givewell.org
Top Charities
7 min read · From 2017 · Real change for your dollar
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The Pudding
The Naked Truth
8 min read · 2021-03-25 · How the names of 6,816 complexion products can reveal bias in beauty
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Pruned Correlations
3 min read · 2021-03-29 · 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…
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The New Yorker
What Data Can’t Do
8 min read · 2021-03-22 · When it comes to people—and policy—numbers are both powerful and perilous.
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The Atlantic
Why the Pandemic Experts Failed
10 min read · 2021-03-15 · We're still thinking about pandemic data in the wrong ways.
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bfs.admin.ch
Öffentliche Statistiken zu Todesfällen, Übersterblichkeit, Todesursachen und meldepflichtigen Erkrankungen
2021-03-09 · https://www.bfs.admin.ch/content/bfs/de/home/statistiken/gesundheit/gesundheitszustand/sterblichkeit-todesursachen.assetdetail.16284253.html Social media links
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Vox
One pollster’s explanation for why the polls got it wrong
9 min read · 2020-11-10 · The kind of people who answer polls are really weird, and it’s ruining polling.
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Observable
Cheysson Color Palettes
2021-01-21 · Resuable color palettes, provided as SVG patterns, based on the late 1800s French Albums de Statistique Graphique by engineer and data visualization pioneer Émile Cheysson. Introduction This notebook…
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psych.mpg.de
psychisch_gesund_bleiben_w_hrend_social_distancing.pdf
2020-12-02
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