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Taylor Swift

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Does Taylor Swift have a big (and bad) reputation? Twitter scraping using R

"Big reputation, big reputation, ooh you and me we’ve got big reputations." Taylor Swift released her…

Jennifer SnapeOctober 16, 2018

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Letter in response to “Key decisions”, page 42, December 2017

I usually enjoy Allan Reese’s columns on aspects of data graphics, but I was significantly less…

Brian TarranApril 6, 2018

Legal vs clinical trials: an explanation of sampling errors and sample size

Clinical trials are often conducted to test new drugs, especially drugs for treating cancer. The…

Terry MillsOctober 11, 2013

Charles Dickens

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A scientific evaluation of Charles Dickens

Previously I discussed1 my experiment that tested whether people can tell the masterpieces of abstract…

Mikhail SimkinMarch 21, 2013