A testing mess across the pond
Kaiser takes a glance at the A-Levels controversy in the U.K.
Aggregation
Check out the Lifespan of News project
Kaiser Fung (Junkcharts, Principal Analytics Prep) reviews the Lifespan of News project that tracks the rise and fall of news stories over time and space, using Google search data.
Exercising fails to stop obesity, doh
Kaiser Fung (Numbersense, Principal Analytics Prep) reacts to an article claiming more gym memberships have not reduced obesity rate.
Digital revolution in China: two visual takes
Kaiser Fung, founder of JunkCharts and Principal Analytics Prep, discusses a map in the Economist about the digital silk road in China. What's the story?
It's your fault when you use defaults
The following chart showed up on my Twitter feed last week. It&
Dispute over analysis of school quality and home prices shows social science is hard
Most of my friends with families fret over school quality when deciding