Oleksandr Zhilenkov

35 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block http://9.zov.li/QtNz79

Your guide to advertising on Baidu http://9.zov.li/QtLt6N

How to Never Run Out of Content Ideas: 5 Tips http://9.zov.li/QtJNjn

5 Actionable Steps to Create an Effective Social Media Marketing Strategy [Infographic] http://9.zov.li/QtJNfL

Building a Face Detection Model from Video using Deep Learning (Python Implementation) http://9.zov.li/QtFkG5

What Do Icebergs Have To Do With Selling? http://9.zov.li/QtDB5z

Should we be concerned about MRP estimates being used in later analyses? Maybe. I recommend checking using fake-data simulation. http://9.zov.li/QtD6s2

Shark Tank Deal: Oatmeals Accepts $500,000 From Lori Greiner http://9.zov.li/QtBKl4

How AI is Changing the Customer Service Industry http://9.zov.li/Qt8x0B

My footnote about global warming: At the beginning of my article, How to think scientifically about scientists’ proposals for fixing science, which we discussed yesterday, I wrote: Science is in crisis. Any doubt about this status has surely been been dispelled by the loud assurances to the contrary by various authority figures who are deeply invested in the current system [] The post My footnote about global warming appeared first on Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science.

5 Unique Lessons from Young Entrepreneurs Shaping the World http://9.zov.li/Qt6xxP

Niall Ferguson and the perils of playing to your audience: History professor Niall Ferguson had another case of the sillies. Back in 2012, in response to Stephen Marche’s suggestion that Ferguson was serving up political hackery because he has to please corporations and high-net-worth individuals, the people who can pay 50 to 75K to hear him talk, I wrote: But I don’t think it’s just [] The post Niall Ferguson and the perils of playing to your audience appeared first on Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science.

Statistical insights into public opinion and politics (my talk for the Columbia Data Science Society this Wed 9pm): 7pm in Fayerweather 310: Why is it more rational to vote than to answer surveys (but it used to be the other way around)? How does this explain why we should stop overreacting to swings in the polls? How does modern polling work? What are the factors that predict election outcomes? What’s good and bad [] The post Statistical insights into public opinion and politics (my talk for the Columbia Data Science Society this Wed 9pm) appeared first on Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science.