#Causality

Sanjay G Reddy

sanjaygreddy

Angus Deaton's article, just published in @TheIndiaForum on 'randomization in the tropics': https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/randomization-tropics-revisited @ramreddy As frequently, I disagree with Deaton on certain points, for instan

Health Nerd

GidMK

Ok, so there's a lot to unpack here. This was a randomized controlled trial looking at the impacts of fasting on lying in lean and obese peopleHeadline finding - obese

Luigi Patruno

MLinProduction

I asked data scientists what challenges they were facing in 2020 and the resounding answer was how difficult it was to deploy models to production. I thought writing 3-4 blog

Kevin Donovan

kevindonovan

A new working paper by World Bank economists is rightly provoking the ire of critics like @EconKilljoy, @gchelwa, @godwinmurunga, and @peripheralecon. The paper reports the results of a randomised controlled

Thiemo Fetzer

fetzert

Today I m sharing another paper on unintended consequences of a UK policy which makes me cringe at how my tax money is spent all the while debating #FreeSchoolMeals "Subsidizing

Malcolm 🙃cean

Malcolm_Ocean

Self-Organized Criticality is a really important concept, and basic to how the universe manages to end up being interesting.These dynamics are fractal so they show up on all scales (eg

Megan Konar

MeganKonar

How does trade impact the environment?A thread collecting papers that address this question. Emphasis on research using causal inference methods.Please let me know what papers should be included![THREAD]1/n Is trade

Hasan Zaidi

hyzaidi

The ethics of public hangings and castration have been called out quite adequately I think. But in this thread I want to focus on the other red herring thrown up

Sinan Aral

sinanaral

[New Book] Today is the BIG DAY! With the help of so many amazing people, I'm SO excited to launch my first book, THE HYPE MACHINE, today!http://www.sinanaral.io/books For those of you

John Budd

JohnOKBudd

Like many, I have tried to understand COVID-19, how I can stay safe, and how the state of OK can stay safe. I am going to share some mathematical modeling,

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

As we struggle with the difficult decisions about reopening K-12 schools, one thing I've been unsure about is the degree of transmission by children. A new study from Korea provides

Casey McQ

casey_mcquillan

Do tweets like this mean that people respond to a viral disease along political lines? Here’s some evidence for why the answer might yes… (1/10)https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1232058127740174339 Ex: Days before Hurricane Irma

Chris Schweizer

schweizercomics

I know there are artist folks who have ADD (or ADHD) and struggle with it, and I wanted to give you the perspective of a happy full-time artist whose every

Brumby

the_brumby

8.MasksI don’t believe masks affected the course of the pandemic. I used to think so & understand intuitively why others might. But, I reevaluatedRegardless, it should be a nat'l emergency

James Watson

jwato_watson

A (longish) post-publication review of the most recent observational study in COVID19 patients treated with (hydroxy)chloroquine.This is retrospective analysis of an international registry with >96,000 hospitalised patients in 6 continen

SoaringFalcon

SoaringFalcon4

Berserk 362 Analysis (a thread) #BERSERK362 First of all to start the thread. What an absolutely incredible release this was. Never in my life did i think Miura could exceed