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“No, judges don’t give harsher sentences when they are hungry”— Annie’s Newsletter, October 5, 2018
NO, JUDGES DON’T GIVE HARSHER SENTENCES WHEN THEY ARE HUNGRY How a sexy narrative can make us forget that correlation does not equal causation Ego
“Communicating Uncertainty and Inspiring Confidence: Conflicting Messages?” — Annie’s Newsletter, Sept 28, 2018
COMMUNICATING UNCERTAINTY AND INSPIRING CONFIDENCE: Do the two messages conflict? A question from product-management team leader Sacha Adam I love hearing from readers for many
“What Does the Raw Data Say About Sexism By Tennis Refs” — Annie’s Newsletter, Sept 21, 2018
WHAT DOES THE RAW DATA SAY ABOUT SEXISM BY TENNIS REFS? It’s a trick question: RAW Data doesn’t SAY anything WE collect and interpret it,
“When An Auto Accident *Doesn’t* Happen” — Annie’s Newsletter, Sept 14, 2018
WHEN AN AUTO ACCIDENT DOESN’T HAPPEN Why “Tesla Autopilot saves a life” is barely news Tesla’s Autopilot technology includes a collision-avoidance feature that an owner recently credited with
“Psychic Scorecard” — Annie’s Newsletter, Sept 7, 2018
PSYCHIC SCORECARD Like anyone in the forecasting biz, we should also look at what they MISSED Psychic predictions are an easy target for a skeptic
“An Invisible Skill Mastered by Champion Tennis Players” — Annie’s Newsletter, August 10, 2018
AN INVISIBLE SKILL MASTERED BY CHAMPION TENNIS PLAYERS: It’s Game Theory! How good are the world’s best tennis players at executing a game-theory-optimal strategy? Turns
“Amazon Prime Day: Cash or Crash?” — Annie’s Newsletter, August 6, 2018
AMAZON PRIME DAY: CASH OR CRASH? Depends on which headline you read On July 16, I went to look for something on Amazon.com and, instead
“Action Bias”: The difference between busyness and productivity”
“ACTION BIAS”: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUSYNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY Doing something is MORE than doing nothing – but not necessarily BETTER Doing something feels better than
“Bottlenecks” — Annie’s Newsletter, July 16, 2018
BOTTLENECKS If they can stop Elon Musk, they can stop anyone The necessity of identifying and solving for bottlenecks For several days, @ElonMusk attempted to come up
“Mangling the Message” — Annie’s Newsletter, July 6, 2018
MANGLING THE MESSAGE – Bloomberg.com drops the ball on communicating the probabilistic nature of World Cup predictions Predictions are probabilistic in nature. This means that,