Iara Passos
@iaracpassos.bsky.social
Sociologist working with data science and statistics •
MSc @UFRGS • St. BSc Statistics @UFRGS •
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MSc @UFRGS • St. BSc Statistics @UFRGS •
In 🇧🇷 • pt/en • #rstats
🚩• 🏳️🌈 • AuDHD+HA/G • R-Ladies Porto Alegre Founder
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Gen Z in Nepal burned down the parliament, burned down the homes of government officials, forced the prime minister to resign, and paraded the finance minister through the streets nearly naked.
September 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Gen Z in Nepal burned down the parliament, burned down the homes of government officials, forced the prime minister to resign, and paraded the finance minister through the streets nearly naked.
Irony: a delegation of Brazilian mayors goes to Israel for a security technology fair. After Israel's attacks on Iran and retaliations, they are "caught" in the crossfire: a great way to see Israel's security technologies empirically.
June 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Irony: a delegation of Brazilian mayors goes to Israel for a security technology fair. After Israel's attacks on Iran and retaliations, they are "caught" in the crossfire: a great way to see Israel's security technologies empirically.
Das ironias: comitiva de prefeitos do Brasil vai à Israel para feira de tecnologia em segurança. Após ataques de Israel ao Irã e retaliações, ficam “presos” no fogo cruzado: uma ótima forma de ver empriricamente as tecnologias de segurança de Israel.
June 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Das ironias: comitiva de prefeitos do Brasil vai à Israel para feira de tecnologia em segurança. Após ataques de Israel ao Irã e retaliações, ficam “presos” no fogo cruzado: uma ótima forma de ver empriricamente as tecnologias de segurança de Israel.
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New paper out in the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics! What happens when probability of correct response depends on item position? Is this a function of items or respondents? We put forward a continuous mixture IRT model to investigate just this!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
A Position-Sensitive Mixture Item Response Model - Klint Kanopka, Benjamin W. Domingue, 2024
Standard item response theory (IRT) models are ill-equipped for when the probability of a correct response depends on the location in the test where an item is ...
journals.sagepub.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:53 PM
New paper out in the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics! What happens when probability of correct response depends on item position? Is this a function of items or respondents? We put forward a continuous mixture IRT model to investigate just this!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
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“Facebook launched its fact-checking program after Donald Trump was first elected. Now that resistance appears out of fashion, the company has decided to end it.” The head of our fact-checking department writes about Meta’s decision to stop checking facts.
Mark Zuckerberg and Meta Abandon Fact-Checking
From the daily newsletter: Facebook and Instagram’s new approach to the facts. Plus: Jimmy Carter rests; why Justin Trudeau had to step down; and the view from the limo driver.
www.newyorker.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“Facebook launched its fact-checking program after Donald Trump was first elected. Now that resistance appears out of fashion, the company has decided to end it.” The head of our fact-checking department writes about Meta’s decision to stop checking facts.
Well, the first one! Hello! 🤗
January 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Well, the first one! Hello! 🤗