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What size will you be after you lose weight?

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REDDITORS’ BEFORE AND AFTER MEASUREMENTS ANALYZED Click to enlarge How many pounds do you need to lose in order to reduce your waistline by one inch? How many kilos do you need to lose to reduce your waistline by one centimeter? We wanted to find out. We were having trouble finding published data (though we […]

When to fly to get there on time? Six million flights analyzed.

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We analyzed over six million flights to help you decide on the best time to travel to avoid delays.

Getting old in baseball

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We look at how batting average changes with age

Rules of thumb to predict how long you will live

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Figure out how long you will live with these rules of thumb.

Part 2 of Who We Are: Society for Judgment and Decision Making (SJDM)

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An analysis of where the SJDM members are from in the world.

Society for Judgment and Decision Making: Who Are We (Part 1)

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An analysis of the academic departments of SJDM society members.

What makes a good academic conference?

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What makes a good academic conference? Here’s what we like.

Baseball: Probability of winning conditional on runs, hits, walks and errors

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If a team scores X runs, what’s the probability it will win the game?

Which airline should you be loyal to?

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LOYALTY PROGRAM CHOICE BASED ON DEPARTURE COUNT If you read Decision Science News, you’re probably a professor or grad student or researcher or policy type who flies around a lot to conferences, symposia, workshops, tutorials, summer schools, and all-hands meetings. You travel the globe to give talks and work with co-authors. All this flying around […]

1.5 percent of doctors, a quarter of malpratice reports

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Some doctors receive more malpractice reports than others. Just how unequal is the distribution of malpractice reports?