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PhD | data scientist | bayesian stats

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Revisiting @phdemetri.bsky.social’s “What is Confounding?” blog this morning.

What a great way to:

1: help people understand what confounding is doing and
2: show why randomization gets rid of a lot of causal worries for you!

🔗: dpananos.github.io/posts/2024-0...
Demetri Pananos Ph.D - What Is Confounding?
dpananos.github.io
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Reposted by Damon C. Roberts
Revisiting @phdemetri.bsky.social’s “What is Confounding?” blog this morning.

What a great way to:

1: help people understand what confounding is doing and
2: show why randomization gets rid of a lot of causal worries for you!

🔗: dpananos.github.io/posts/2024-0...
Demetri Pananos Ph.D - What Is Confounding?
dpananos.github.io
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Reposted by Damon C. Roberts
Public opinion sometimes seems much larger than typical news audiences.

New in POQ, Peterson reviews Taylor Carlson's book, which puts potential opinion leaders and their ability to convey information in the spotlight.

Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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This great record was released 50 years ago today.
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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A year ago Zohran Mamdani was a little known assemblyman polling at under 1%, but on Tuesday, the 34-year-old democratic socialist won over 50% in the highest-turnout race for mayor in decades

How did he do it?

Featuring insights from the Voter Poll, our precinct analysis, and @amengel.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani won by shaking up NYC politics
Entering the mayoral race with under 1% support, Zohran Mamdani's prospects of winning initially seemed unlikely. Here are some of the ways he turned the race around.
www.cbsnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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A new study by the @falklab.bsky.social and colleagues reveals that activity in brain regions associated with reward and social processing can predict the effectiveness of messages:
Brain Activity Reveals What Makes Persuasive Messages Stick
www.asc.upenn.edu
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...

The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Lost our Max earlier this month, but secured marigolds for his ofrenda.
October 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM