polls Huge Pew poll puts Biden ahead by double digits and it's the best news Trump's had in days Rob Beschizza
randomness In his spare time, an engineer found flaws in the classic book "A Million Random Digits" Mark Frauenfelder
some models are useful Rage Inside the Machine: an insightful, brilliant critique of AI's computer science, sociology, philosophy and economics Cory Doctorow
headlines Short animations about how clicky health-claim headlines are often misleading David Pescovitz
patrick ball Math against crimes against humanity: Using rigorous statistics to prove genocide when the dead cannot speak for themselves Cory Doctorow
bayesian reasoning Using statistics to estimate the true scope of the secret killings at the end of the Sri Lankan civil war Patrick Ball, Human Rights Data Analysis Group
explicable oracles High school class's electoral predictions model is a model for electoral predictions Cory Doctorow
pikhaya English and Welsh local governments use "terrorism" as the excuse to block publication of commercial vacancies Cory Doctorow
principal-agent problem A/B testing tools have created a golden age of shitty statistical practices in business Cory Doctorow
not treasuring or measuring Puerto Rico to dismantle its statistics agency in the midst of radical shock doctrine project Cory Doctorow
