As I mentioned in my last post, one of my functions as econgirl is to go around to schools and companies and talk about economics, and I figured that I would share a bit of that with you here. This particular talk was about incentives- when they work, when they don’t, and how consumers [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Fun With Data'
Want To Watch Econgirl Talk About Incentives?
July 28th, 2010 · No Comments
Behavioral Econ · Fun With Data · Incentives · Videos
Tags: Behavioral Econ · Fun With Data · Incentives · Videos
On The Importance Of Context, Oil Spill (And Itchy & Scratchy) Edition…
July 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment
Fun With Data · The Simpsons
Let me be clear- I am not pro-oil spill, nor am I anti-bird (except possibly my friend Spencer’s bird who pooped in my hair once). As photographic evidence, I submit to the jury Exhibit A:
(Before you get all on me for not having an econ book in the picture, keep in mind that I [...]
Tags: Fun With Data · The Simpsons
Correlation Does Not Imply Causation, Boobs Edition…
April 26th, 2010 · 10 Comments
Fun With Data · Just For Fun
(I just couldn’t resist. Also, can you just imagine the kinds of search traffic I am going to get now?) A few days ago, I tweeted the following:
“Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray and spread adultery in society which increases earthquakes.” -Iranian cleric
That quote is in fact real [...]
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Things Economists Do When No One’s Looking, Olympics Edition…
March 1st, 2010 · 6 Comments
Fun With Data · Sports
Well here’s a model for ya…economist Daniel Johnson is getting a lot of press for a model that predicts Winter Olympic medal counts by country. A friend sent me the story about it that appeared in Forbes, and even the Freakonomics blog has taken up the cause. From the article:
Over the past five [...]
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On Why The New York Yankees Aren’t Like Groundhogs…
November 4th, 2009 · 7 Comments
Fun With Data · Sports
First, a reminder on correlation versus causation here. For those of you that are too lazy to read that link, let me summarize: CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION.
Now that we are reminded of that important concept, let me introduce what I find to be a particularly amusing article on the relationship between Yankee success [...]
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