In this week’s episode Greg and Patrick explore the incredibly cool possibilities offered by the time-varying effects model as a non-parametric alternative to the more restrictive time-varying covariate model. Along the way we also discuss North Dakota, Cal Ripken Jr., pre-gaming, not trying to be funny, left lane guy, Walker Texas Ranger, smelling toast, Bob […]
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This week’s episode is the seventh annual Quantitude Holiday Special, but because Greg and Patrick both forgot to get each other something, they frantically regift one another some of their favorite sponsors from prior episodes. Along the way they also discuss Quantitude Studio A, two foot tall porcelain penguins, electric bug zappers, personalized cutting boards,
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In this In The Wild episode, Greg and Patrick turn their Quantitude loose on college admission essays, in particular whether or not they should be used to make such high-stakes decisions, and they discuss what issues would need to be addressed in order to answer that question. Related Episodes S7E10: A Report Card on GPAs S7E07: Is
S7E11 Should Essays be Used in College Admissions? Maybe… Read More »
In this week’s episode Greg and Patrick have fun exploring the questionably valid but always high stakes role of the grade point average, or GPA. They consider the different ways in which grades can be assigned, what they may or may not actually represent, and how they have become increasingly inflated over time. Along the
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In this week’s episode Patrick and Greg talk about latent transition analysis, which embeds latent class analysis within a longitudinal context, allowing us to explore, as well as to formally test, patterns of individual change in latent class membership over time. Along the way they also mention: identity crises, the crossword puzzler, the nihilist, here
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In this week’s episode, Greg and I discuss the amazing world of the empirical bootstrap. We start with inferential testing using business as usual, we describe where that quickly runs into problems, and we explore where bootstrapping does and, importantly, does not help move us forward. Along the way we also discuss midnight in Bangkok,
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In this In The Wild episode, Greg and Patrick turn their Quantitude loose on the ever-present SAT, in particular the premise that it is biased and should be banned. They also talk about what issues would need to be addressed in order to evaluate whether or not that’s a reasonable claim. Related Episodes S5E19: Item Response Theory,
S7E07 Is the SAT Biased and Should be Banned? Maybe… Read More »
In this week’s episode, Greg and Patrick have a lovely conversation with Jeremy Miles who is a quantitative methodologist who has worked in both academic and industry settings. Jeremy draws on his own extensive experiences to describe what an industry job is like and how one can prepare to move into this type of position.
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In this week’s episode, as we head into the academic job season, Patrick and Greg offer some well-meaning advice about one of the most important aspects of an on-site interview, the academic job talk. Along the way they also mention the changing of the cactus needles, Colon Blow, big pumpkin, cutting out job ads, the
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In this week’s special In The Wild episode, Greg and Patrick turn their Quantitude loose on the premise that birth order has a causal impact on the very person who you are. They discuss what questions they would raise and what issues they would need to have addressed in order fully evaluate whether or not
S7E04 Does Birth Order Matter? Maybe… Read More »
