In this week’s episode, Greg and I discuss the amazing world of the empirical bootstrap. We start with inferential testing using business as usual, we describe where that quickly runs into problems, and we explore where bootstrapping does and, importantly, does not help move us forward. Along the way we also discuss midnight in Bangkok, […]
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In this In The Wild episode, Greg and Patrick turn their Quantitude loose on the ever-present SAT, in particular the premise that it is biased and should be banned. They also talk about what issues would need to be addressed in order to evaluate whether or not that’s a reasonable claim. Related Episodes S5E19: Item Response Theory,
S7E07 Is the SAT Biased and Should be Banned? Maybe… Read More »
In this week’s episode, Greg and Patrick have a lovely conversation with Jeremy Miles who is a quantitative methodologist who has worked in both academic and industry settings. Jeremy draws on his own extensive experiences to describe what an industry job is like and how one can prepare to move into this type of position.
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In this week’s episode, as we head into the academic job season, Patrick and Greg offer some well-meaning advice about one of the most important aspects of an on-site interview, the academic job talk. Along the way they also mention the changing of the cactus needles, Colon Blow, big pumpkin, cutting out job ads, the
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In this week’s special In The Wild episode, Greg and Patrick turn their Quantitude loose on the premise that birth order has a causal impact on the very person who you are. They discuss what questions they would raise and what issues they would need to have addressed in order fully evaluate whether or not
S7E04 Does Birth Order Matter? Maybe… Read More »
In this week’s episode, Greg and Patrick explore the very cool yet often overlooked suite of non-parametric statistical tests. They talk about their strengths and weaknesses and how these might be profitably used in practice. Along the way they also discuss science fairs, spaghetti bridges, don’t take this the wrong way, jazz hamster, the Bernoulli
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In this week’s special In The Wild episode, Greg and Patrick turn their Quantitude loose on the premise that National Public Radio is liberally biased, talking about what issues we would need to have addressed in order for us to be able to evaluate whether or not that’s a reasonable claim. Related Episodes S2E33: Truth,
S7E02 Is NPR Liberally Biased? Maybe… Read More »
In this week’s episode, the first of Season 7, Greg and Patrick argue about whether the number seven is a propitious or an inauspicious omen for the new season. They then explore ways we can spice up our relationship in hopes of avoiding the Seven Year Itch. Along the way they also discuss t-shirt wearing
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In this week’s episode, the last of Season 6, Greg and Patrick pull back the curtain and reveal how the Quantitude sausage is actually made. Their motivation is to share their own joys and challenges in making a podcast in the hope that others might consider doing this themselves, whether it be for simple self-satisfaction
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In this week’s episode Greg and Patrick explore the extremely clever yet inexplicably underused method of dominance analysis which offers a set of techniques for determining the relative importance of predictors in a regression model. Along the way they also discuss giving compliments, looking tired, Indy vs. F1, chicken paprikás, Gustav Holst, Fozzie Bear, not
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