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We explain how common causes can generate correlations between otherwise unrelated variables, and look at the correlational ... Jevin discusses how spreadsheet errors reversed the conclusions of a high-profile paper that was used to justify austerity ... For last week's homework assignment, students searched for examples of “duck” and “glass slipper” data visualizations.

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  • We explain how common causes can generate correlations between otherwise unrelated variables, and look at the correlational ...
  • Jevin discusses how spreadsheet errors reversed the conclusions of a high-profile paper that was used to justify austerity ...
  • For last week's homework assignment, students searched for examples of “duck” and “glass slipper” data visualizations.
  • Science is probably the greatest human invention of all time, but that doesn't mean it doesn't come with its share of
  • Journals prefer to publish positive results and scientists prefer to submit successful experiments.

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Calling Bullshit 7.3: Reproducibility

Calling Bullshit 7.3: Reproducibility

Jevin discusses how spreadsheet errors reversed the conclusions of a high-profile paper that was used to justify austerity ...

Calling Bullshit 7.4: A Replication Crisis

Calling Bullshit 7.4: A Replication Crisis

Scientists have difficulty reproducing a surprisingly large fraction of the published literature. What is going on? May 10, 2017 ...

Calling Bullshit by Carl T. Bergstrom: 20 Minute Summary

Calling Bullshit by Carl T. Bergstrom: 20 Minute Summary

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Calling Bullshit 7.2: Science Is Amazing, But ...

Calling Bullshit 7.2: Science Is Amazing, But ...

Science is probably the greatest human invention of all time, but that doesn't mean it doesn't come with its share of

Carl Bergstrom & Jevin West on Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World

Carl Bergstrom & Jevin West on Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World

Now, maybe more than ever before, it is time to learn the art of skepticism. Amidst compounded complex crises, humankind must ...

Calling Bullshit 7.5: Publication Bias

Calling Bullshit 7.5: Publication Bias

Journals prefer to publish positive results and scientists prefer to submit successful experiments. This can be misleading given ...

Calling Bullshit 6.3: Manipulating Bin Sizes

Calling Bullshit 6.3: Manipulating Bin Sizes

By binning data in different ways, bar charts can be made to tell very different stories. Here we consider an example from the Wall ...

Calling Bullshit 3.5: Common Causes

Calling Bullshit 3.5: Common Causes

We explain how common causes can generate correlations between otherwise unrelated variables, and look at the correlational ...

Calling Bullshit 7.1: Duck Hunting

Calling Bullshit 7.1: Duck Hunting

For last week's homework assignment, students searched for examples of “duck” and “glass slipper” data visualizations. Carl and ...

Calling Bullshit 7.6: Science Is Not Bullshit

Calling Bullshit 7.6: Science Is Not Bullshit

The subject matter of today's lecture notwithstanding, science generally works pretty darn well. We can build airplanes and ...