How to Avoid Lying With Statistics (with Jeremy Weber)
There’s often a gap between the textbook treatment of statistics and the cookbook treatment–how to…
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Susan Houseman on Manufacturing
Economist Susan Houseman of the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research talks about the manufacturing sector…
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Jerry Muller on the Tyranny of Metrics
Historian and author Jerry Muller of Catholic University talks about his latest book, The Tyranny…
ListenJohn Ioannidis on Statistical Significance, Economics, and Replication
John Ioannidis of Stanford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his research on…
ListenAndrew Gelman on Social Science, Small Samples, and the Garden of the Forking Paths
Statistician, blogger, and author Andrew Gelman of Columbia University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts…
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What Do Economists Actually Know?
Turns out, not as much as you — and they — would like to think…
Cathy O’Neil on Weapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction talks with EconTalk host…
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Adam Ozimek of Moody’s Analytics and blogger at Forbes talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts…
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Nobel Laureate James Heckman of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts…
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Can you predict the future? Or at least gauge the probability of political or economic…
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