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Andrew Gelman

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Andrew Gelman

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Andrew Gelman is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between September 20, 2021 and January 26, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “Here’s a old but good Andrew Gelman post on the controversy around it”; “Andrew Gelman says no . He gets the raw data and randomizes the treatment variable”; “Andrew Gelman finishes his article by warning us not to conclude that cash grants don’t affect kids’ EEGs”. It most often appears alongside Twitter, 4chan, A Clockwork Orange.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: September 20, 2021
  • Last seen: January 26, 2022

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

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September 20, 2021 · Original source
23: The Heckman Curve is the claim that you can get bigger effects by targeting interventions at young children compared to adults - eg money spent on preschool goes further than money spent on vocational training. Here’s a old but good Andrew Gelman post on the controversy around it.
Inline links: Andrew Gelman
Against That Poverty And Infant EEGs Study
January 26, 2022 · Original source
Andrew Gelman says no. He gets the raw data and randomizes the treatment variable, ie flips a coin to decide whether kids are in an artificial Red Group or Blue Group. Then he graphs EEG frequencies by group nine times:
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Andrew Gelman finishes his article by warning us not to conclude that cash grants don’t affect kids’ EEGs. For all we know, they might and this study is just underpowered to detect it. That’s fine and I agree.
Inline links: his article