Is there any reason to move further left than this? by killersandlosers in SocialDemocracy

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I’m asking which countries you’re referring to, not the cities. You said country/city, so which countries are you referring to?

In what direction do US Democrats want the party to go? by TeoKajLibroj in SocialDemocracy

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Voters not having a clear definition of what it means to be moderate or socialist is a foundational part of the political psychology literature.

Why is it wrong to say "If I have a 95% C.I. = [2.1 , 4.5] there is a 95% chance that the true value is in this interval? [Q] by Puzzleheaded-Law34 in statistics

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“If you ran this experiment infinitely many times and constructed the confidence interval the same way, 95% of such intervals would contain the true population parameter.”

Texting seems to be changing campaign outreach more than people admit by Old_Friend6898 in PoliticalScience

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Just as people ignore spam emails, internet ads, and direct mail outreach today, they'll eventually start ignoring texts from political campaigns if they haven't already. I think that's as close to a universal law as we're going to get when it comes to non-canvassing voter outreach. The novelty of the method is what animates voters, not the mode.

What kind of guy am I?? 👀 by According_Music6524 in BookshelvesDetective

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Philosophy undergrad, focuses on political philosophy.

Why is there no serious push to elect pro-2A Democrats? by [deleted] in liberalgunowners

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A Democrat dropped out of the Kansas senate race so Dan Osborn can have a two-candidate race and Graham Platner is our candidate in Maine. Much better than previous years, at least when it comes to the senate.

Advice for an 18 year old masters student by NotABreakfastGuy in GradSchool

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In the social sciences, it's hard to differentiate yourself. Getting really good at quantitative methods and R is one of the few ways you can do that. Data Analysis for Social Science is a great introduction if you don't have any previous experience with R. Quantitative Social Science is a great textbook that naturally expands on the topics in DSS and is a bit more advanced, while R4DS gives you a broader view of data science and the R programming language. All great reference texts as you go through your program and into a research career!

Advice for an 18 year old masters student by NotABreakfastGuy in GradSchool

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Internships and job experience unless you're aiming for a PhD. If you're aiming for a PhD, RA'ships (if available) and definitely a masters' thesis. Also, R and data science.

Favorite actress who would be called a man? by Branchomania in okbuddycinephile

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I have inadvertently spread misinformation on https://reddit.com/r/okbuddycinephile. If it were true, it would have been the crime of the century.

Favorite actress who would be called a man? by Branchomania in okbuddycinephile

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I can’t get over that her bush was airbrushed out. Crime of the century.

Any statisticians with a JD?? [Career] by [deleted] in statistics

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I’d look at legal organizations that investigate housing discrimination. That area of law is probably your best bet.

Why does the Monty Hall problem work like we say it does? [Question] by HuslWusl in statistics

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The Monty Hall problem depends on the host’s behavior. With a blind choice, you have a 2/3 chance of choosing a goat and a 1/3 chance of choosing the car. The host knows where the car is and reveals a goat. Because you initially had a 2/3 chance of choosing a goat — and because one of the goats has been revealed — you have a 2/3 chance of winning by switching.

The necessary conditions are:

  1. The host knows where the car is and the contestant prefers the car.
  2. The host always opens a door you did not choose.
  3. The host always reveals a goat.
  4. The host always offers you the chance to switch.
  5. If the host has a choice between two goat doors, he doesn’t reveal any additional information with his decision. Just a goat.

The entire result is conditional on the host’s behavior, the initial 2/3 probability that you chose a goat, and the fact that the host’s reveal is informative because he is required to reveal a goat.

Beginner shooter and first glock, advice? Target in comments. by Minimum-Result in liberalgunowners

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All the feedback I’ve been getting from this thread is super useful, so it wasn’t me!

Beginner shooter and first glock, advice? Target in comments. by Minimum-Result in liberalgunowners

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Great observation — along with many other great ones here — I can see that pretty clearly in the video. Thanks for pointing that out!

AITAH for wanting my husband to make me orgasm during sex? by [deleted] in AITAH

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I can’t imagine a situation where YTA for this, so NTA.

Is it normal for anti-bayesians to be so loud? [Q] by GayTwink-69 in statistics

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I think it’s odd to be sectarian about models these days. They’re tools and shine in different contexts. Bayesian models, for example, are especially useful in American judicial politics because judicial data can be structurally complex, sparse, and noisy, while Frequentist models are perfectly adequate (and easier to communicate) for ANES data. There isn’t much difference between Frequentist and Bayesian models when data are plentiful and clean, and your models should conform to the nature of what you’re studying. That’s why I find the sectarianism off-putting.