Posts Tagged ‘ science ’

Nothing matters but straight As

July 5, 2018
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Nothing matters but straight As

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep, discusses how grade inflation renders college GPAs meaningless.

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A Report from an AI Day in Hoboken

July 2, 2018
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A Report from an AI Day in Hoboken

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep and Columbia Applied Analytics, responds to talks by AI experts at a recent forum.

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Poll fodder inducing xyopia in elevators

June 26, 2018
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Poll fodder inducing xyopia in elevators

Kaiser Fung, author of Numbers Rule Your World and founder of Principal Analytics Prep, discusses the problem of xyopia using a recent USA Today poll as an example.

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Poll fodder inducing xyopia in elevators

June 26, 2018
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Poll fodder inducing xyopia in elevators

Kaiser Fung, author of Numbers Rule Your World and founder of Principal Analytics Prep, discusses the problem of xyopia using a recent USA Today poll as an example.

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The professional disease of data enthusiasts

May 30, 2018
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The professional disease of data enthusiasts

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep and author of Numbersense, suggests that more data, more disclosure will not convince data skeptics.

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The professional disease of data enthusiasts

May 30, 2018
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The professional disease of data enthusiasts

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep and author of Numbersense, suggests that more data, more disclosure will not convince data skeptics.

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Misinformed, and mal-intentioned: the proposed EPA policy on disclosures

May 29, 2018
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EPA commissioner Scott Pruitt sinks to a new low in his dogged campaign against evidence-based decision-making. (See my previous posts in which I dissected his other tactics here and here.) He directs his agency to propose new rules for disclosure of data and methods for climate science, placing himself in charge of opining whether a given study has enough disclosure to be allowed into evidence. Slate’s Daniel Engber, someone I…

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Misinformed, and mal-intentioned: the proposed EPA policy on disclosures

May 29, 2018
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EPA commissioner Scott Pruitt sinks to a new low in his dogged campaign against evidence-based decision-making. (See my previous posts in which I dissected his other tactics here and here.) He directs his agency to propose new rules for disclosure of data and methods for climate science, placing himself in charge of opining whether a given study has enough disclosure to be allowed into evidence. Slate’s Daniel Engber, someone I…

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Capriciousness of little health benefits

May 15, 2018
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Capriciousness of little health benefits

Kaiser Fung, author of Numbersense and founder of Principal Analytics Prep, explains why he doesn't care about health benefits of most foods and activities reported and recommended by the media.

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They destroyed huge amounts of food again

April 18, 2018
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Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep, questions whether massive food recalls are reasonable reactions to disease outbreaks.

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