Data, On Average

Statistical Inference is Policy

Ask not how we can *do* the best statistics, ask how we can *get* the best statistics.

Dec 10 • Nick HK

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Causality in Complex Systems: GiveDirectly and Egger et al. (2022)

A little bit of Giving TuesDAG

Dec 2 • Nick HK

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August 2024

AI Errors Are Statistical Errors

If it trains like a duck and predicts like a duck...

Aug 13, 2024 • Nick HK

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June 2024

Yet Another Crack at the Principles of Microeconomics

Surely this time it's solved

Jun 6, 2024 • Nick HK

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March 2024

Waiting for the Other Sheep to Drop

Should recent changes in college education make the sheepskin effect smaller? Can we check yet if they have? Let's give it a shot.

Mar 22, 2024 • Nick HK

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Expectations of Students

I think the pandemic broke our communication to students about what is expected of them to get something out of college.

Mar 3, 2024 • Nick HK

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January 2024

What Should School Teach Teenagers About Statistics?

The folly of too much, the agony of not enough.

Jan 17, 2024 • Nick HK

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November 2023

My Unnatural War Against the Natural Logarithm

Putting Euler under the broiler

Nov 1, 2023 • Nick HK

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October 2023

Subscriber Payments Will be Going to GiveDirectly from Now On

As promised, subscriber payments to my Substack will be donated to charity.

Oct 31, 2023 • Nick HK

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How Software Defaults Threaten Science

Ehh it's probably fine. Right?

Oct 6, 2023 • Nick HK

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September 2023

Textbooks (Including Mine) Are a Little Wrong about Interrupted Time Series

Underdog method that nobody is actually rooting for takes another one on the chin.

Sep 25, 2023 • Nick HK

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August 2023

Decomposition: Low-Hanging Econometric Fruit for the Business World

Breakdown, it's alright.

Aug 21, 2023 • Nick HK

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