tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post6377951095909521937..comments2024-03-26T19:10:00.791-04:00Comments on West Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more): The trouble with clever theoriesJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-62440128548342574342010-09-26T14:01:58.537-04:002010-09-26T14:01:58.537-04:00Nice graphs! Figure 1 was especially compelling b...Nice graphs! Figure 1 was especially compelling but the time chart was interesting as well. <br /><br />I think Levitt's schtick is about being insightful; this would be undermined if many of the cool observations he makes weren't true. On the other hand, I prefer these theories at the level of interesting conversation as looking at problems in odd ways can overturn conventional wisdom. It is just hard to do!Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-33953460934244060452010-09-26T10:27:11.683-04:002010-09-26T10:27:11.683-04:00Yup. Das Gupta also had some excellent graphs:
ht...Yup. Das Gupta also had some excellent graphs:<br />http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2007/05/chinas_missing.html<br /><br />I don't know what's up with the Freakonomics thing, but Levitt does seem to have difficulty admitting that he's made a mistake.Andrew Gelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02715992780769751789noreply@blogger.com