Tag Archives: baby animals
Age-heaping and Hedgehogs
I heard an interesting talk a few weeks ago about “age-heaping” in survey responses, the phenomenon where people remember ages imprecisely and say that their siblings are ages that are divisible by 5 much more often than expected. There are … Continue reading
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Paper rejected, Cheer Up with Baby Animals
Too bad for me, my first global health paper will have to be revised and resubmitted. In addition to some more substantive objections, the negative reviewer said “It is unclear what software was used to carry out the Bayesian estimation … Continue reading
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Matching Algorithms and Reproductive Health: Part 0
One of the first things on Obama’s agenda after being sworn in as President last week was lifting the “global gag rule”, a Regan-era innovation that tied US aid to strict anti-choice regulations. Meanwhile, the TCS reading group at UW … Continue reading
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Mortality research got you down?
It’s important not to get depressed when you measure the burden of disease all day. Animal videos help.
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