Tag: statistics
NYTimes.com – Corporations Getting New Tools for Calculating Emissions
I would be skeptical of any tool able to reasonably estimate this in a meaningful way, just too many differences across the whole ecosystem of every product from the original ore being mined to manufacturing to shipping to use by the end user.
Computerworld – Chrome poised to take No. 2 browser spot from Firefox
Can’t say I’m that shocked Google has been doing really awesome work with Chrome.
Vivek Haldar – Size is the best predictor of code quality
Essentially length of code tied with code metrics becomes a reasonable predictor of bugs.
The Atlantic – Crazy: 90 Percent of People Don’t Know How to Use CTRL+F
It always astonishes how many people who use the computer every day for a large part of their daily lives know almost zero shortcuts.
FiveThirtyEight – The Most Overrated Concept in Elections Analysis: Momentum
FiveThirtyEight takes on the concept that because polls move in one direction in the past, they continue to move in that same direction.
The New Yorker – The real numbers on illegal immigration
The New Yorker does some fact checking of politicians harping on illegal immigration.
FiveThirtyEight – Politics Done Right: Cap-and-Trade is Dead; Long Live Cap-and-Trade
Nate Silver once again wins points for not just being a great statistician but an astute political observer.
BBC News – US border violence: Myth or reality?
BBC News gets into the act on discussing the myth behind the Texas/Mexico border being super violent.
The El Paso Miracle – Reason Magazine
Large immigrant populations is a decent predictor for how safe a city is.
Priority Candidates Wants Graduates Off Sofa and Into Job – NYTimes.com
According to a New York Times article 20 percent of college graduates are able to find a job.