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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CONCLUSION

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HERBERT HOOVER, 1930: GREAT DEPRESSION

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GONE ARE THE DAYS OF

“MAKING POLICY IN THE DARK”
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FIVE QUESTIONS STATS CAN HELP ANSWER

Question 1. What is the future of football?

CORRELATIONS BETWEEN DEMENTIAS & MEMORY DISEASES

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TAU, HELMETS, SELECTION BIAS, & DOGFIGHTS

Question 2. What is causing the dramatic rise in autism?

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AN EPIDEMIC OR AN “EPIDEMIC OF DIAGNOSIS?”

ENVIRONMENT? GENES? WE DON’T KNOW.

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Science may not be good at proving, but it’s actually quite good at disproving.

Question 3. How can we identify good teachers & schools?

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“VALUE-ADDED,” FALSE PRECISION, & “NOISY” DATA

CARRELL & WEST: AIR FORCE ACADEMY PROFESSORS

MAKE SURE YOU MEASURE WHAT REALLY MATTERS

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Question 4. What are the best tools to fight global poverty?

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DUFLO & HANNA: CAMERAS IN INDIAN SCHOOLS

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DUFLO: FERTILIZER IN KENYA

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DUFLO: MEN’S VS. WOMEN’S CROPS IN COTE D’IVOIRE

The point is that Duflo is doing program evaluation and experiments!

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Question 5. Who gets to know what about you?

TARGET, PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS, & PREGNANCY

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Companies pretend to know less about us so we won’t be creeped out

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FACEBOOK: THE DATA MOTHERLODE

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CCTV & FACIAL RECOGNITION

TO SUM UP

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“Statistics is more important than ever before because we have more meaningful opportunities to make use of data.“

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BUT THE MATH WON’T SAVE US

THERE IS NO FORMULA FOR SOUND JUDGEMENT
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