News flash: the House of Representatives is not great at passing laws
This is post 1 of 4 in the series “Congress, the Social Network” News flash: the House of Representatives is not great at passing laws...More
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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
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
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
GDPR highlights just how much JavaScript webpages devote to tracking you (yes, you)
By: Kate W. Zimmerman and Patrick W. ZimmermanNew regulations like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are interesting points of inflection, a shift in...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
The Montgomery Burns Index – Using Dodd-Frank to see how much more CEOs make than their employees
By: Patrick W. ZimmermanSo just how fat are those Capitalist oppressors, and how much do some of the biggest companies in the US let that...More
Steam value: What game genre is the best bang for your buck?
This is post 5 of 5 in the series “Hot Steam-ing Dumpster Dives” Hot Steam-ing dumpster dives: Climbing The Tower Hot Steam-ing dumpster dives: GASP-ing...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