Methodology and madness: How Trump’s tweet subjects have evolved over time
This is post 14 of 18 in the series “Trump Watch” Presenting the Trump Watch (tick…tick…tick..) New Dataset – @realDonaldTrump Tweet corpus Just how oddball...More
Methodology
Payroll efficiency: What baseball teams do the most with the least?
By: Patrick W. ZimmermanApparently the Oakland A’s just are that efficient. They are not just the team most closely associated with spotting market inefficiencies (thanks,...More
World Cup predictions wrap-up: Vive le France!
This is post 17 of 19 in the series “Bracketeering” March Madness Bracketeering Applied Bracketeering: Modeling March Madness Bracketeering update: Mascot randomness is beating the...More
World Cup Predictions: The final countdown
This is post 16 of 19 in the series “Bracketeering” March Madness Bracketeering Applied Bracketeering: Modeling March Madness Bracketeering update: Mascot randomness is beating the...More
World Cup Predictions: Knockout round madness
This is post 15 of 19 in the series “Bracketeering” March Madness Bracketeering Applied Bracketeering: Modeling March Madness Bracketeering update: Mascot randomness is beating the...More
World Cup Predictions: Most models underestimate the chance of a tie.
This is post 14 of 19 in the series “Bracketeering” March Madness Bracketeering Applied Bracketeering: Modeling March Madness Bracketeering update: Mascot randomness is beating the...More
There’s no correlation between immigration and violent crime, at all
By: Patrick ZimmermanIn shocking news, Donald Trump isn’t drawing on evidence when making his sweeping statements about the danger posed by immigrants (including but not...More
Fear and loathing of a very stable genius: What causes Trump’s rage tweets?
This is post 13 of 18 in the series “Trump Watch” Presenting the Trump Watch (tick…tick…tick..) New Dataset – @realDonaldTrump Tweet corpus Just how oddball...More
What countries punch above their demographic weight at the World Cup (and can this be predictive)?
This is post 12 of 19 in the series “Bracketeering” March Madness Bracketeering Applied Bracketeering: Modeling March Madness Bracketeering update: Mascot randomness is beating the...More
On the origin of data
By: Rich W. Sharp & Patrick ZimmermanThere is a general assumption that numbers are precise. Because of math or science or number fairy dust or...More