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Monthly Archive August, 2014

How to make a Romeo and Juliet sandwich

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The question often arises: What is the best decision science food? It’s the Romeo and Juliet sandwich, an adaptation of the popular Brazilian desert “Romeu e Julieta”.

It’s the effect size

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Enter the concept of effect size. Effect size gives one a way to think about how large an effect (e.g. a height difference) is, not just the probability of the data given the null hypothesis.

Student data science presentations on Citibikes and Stop and Frisk

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This summer, researchers at Microsoft Research NYC launched the Data Science Summer School outreach program (DS3 for short), an 8 week hands-on course to impart skills and increase diversity in computer science.

ACR 2014 preliminary program published

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The program for the upcoming ACR conference has been published. This can be useful for figuring out if your session was accepted.

Behavioral economics job at the US Social Security Administration

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The Social Security Administration’s Office of Retirement Policy is looking for a Social Science Research Analyst who will conduct and review complex research on the behavioral and psychological factors that can influence retirement behavior, work effort, and well-being.