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What the data science press and forums are saying · updated
From the press
Newsweek ·

Major Concern Emerges Regarding Future of Key Chiefs Starter

A key contributor to the Kansas City Chiefs is surrounded by an air of mystery after recent developments.
Silver Bulletin (Nate Silver) ·

FLIPR 2026 midterm election forecast

Silver Bulletin's prediction for every Senate, House, and gubernatorial election in 2026.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science (Andrew Gelman) ·

Meritocracy to-morrow and meritocracy yesterday – but never meritocracy to-day

Alice couldn’t help laughing, as she said, “I don’t want you to hire me – and I don’t care for jam.” “It’s very good jam,” said the Queen. “Well, I don’t want any to-day, at any rate.” “You couldn’t…
Retraction Watch ·

Paper mill studies get cited by clinical guidelines, policy docs and more, analysis finds

Studies produced by a suspected paper mill are frequently cited in patents, clinical guidelines and policy documents, according to a new analysis. The work, posted on arXiv on August 31, examined the…
Junk Charts ·

Cosmetic surgery

Surgically enhancing charts
Newsweek ·

Fever’s Caitlin Clark Continues to Break WNBA Records Amid MVP Push

With the Fever's win over Toronto, Caitlin Clark continues to break WNBA records and make history as she's in the MVP discussion.
Silver Bulletin (Nate Silver) ·

How popular is Donald Trump?

Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump — and all presidents since Truman.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science (Andrew Gelman) ·

Scientific citations as an overwhelmed communication channel

Peter Dorman writes: This looks like it’s up your alley. I find it interesting, but I’m not convinced by what he says about innovation. Of course, the issue is empirical, but I suspect it may be…
Retraction Watch ·

Lancet union declares first-ever strike over staff wages

Union members at The Lancet and its affiliated journals will go on strike Sept. 22 for one day with further action planned for the following week, after pay negotiations with parent publisher…
Newsweek ·

Potato Chip Recall Sparks Warning to Save A Lot Customers in 5 States: Map

The latest recall affecting the potato chips comes as fears and attention to foodborne illnesses and recalls remain heightened.
Silver Bulletin (Nate Silver) ·

Who’s ahead on the generic congressional ballot?

Our constantly-updating tracker of polls for the most important indicator in the race for Congress.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science (Andrew Gelman) ·

It’s satisfying to see the economics profession come around on some things (regression discontinuity analysis and so-called risk aversion)

Jonathan Falk points to this post by Nicholas Decker and writes: I thought you’d be interested in a couple of things in this. First, the regression discontinuity pictures and Decker’s parenthetical…
Retraction Watch ·

Lawsuit over retraction of abortion pill papers heads toward arbitration decision

A legal challenge by authors over three retracted articles about mifepristone is set for an arbitration conference this month as nationwide debate over the abortion pill heats up at the appellate…
Newsweek ·

ESPN Preventing Fired Analyst Ryan Clark From Taking Another TV Job

Former ESPN analyst Ryan Clark is in the podcast world these days, though he could be back on your television in the future.
Silver Bulletin (Nate Silver) ·

How popular is the Iran War?

Silver Bulletin approval ratings for the ongoing conflict.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science (Andrew Gelman) ·

Charting the Agentic Garden of Forking Paths

Arjun Balaji, Batuhan Duru Yeltekin, and Tian Zheng write: Even with a fixed dataset and research question, data analysis involves many defensible decisions. Understanding how these choices influence…
Retraction Watch ·

Diabetes association turmoil roils journal as group tries to thwart boycott

Tensions between the American Diabetes Association and several editors of its flagship journal — who have boycotted the group over its handling of a protest at the association’s June conference —…
Newsweek ·

Map Shows GOP-Led States Cracking Down on AI as Trump Rallies Behind Tech

Governors across the country—including Republicans—are imposing new conditions on the data centers needed to power AI.
Silver Bulletin (Nate Silver) ·

How popular is Elon Musk?

Silver Bulletin favorability ratings for the world's richest man.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science (Andrew Gelman) ·

Survey Statistics: ANOVA

Andrew recently answered “Why did ANOVA fall out of fashion?”: Anova is still important; it’s just been subsumed by hierarchical models. The link is to my 2005 paper, Analysis of variance: Why it is…
Retraction Watch ·

CEO of AI company loses paper on cognitive impact of generative AI

A psychology journal has retracted a paper on how using generative AI can affect confidence in work tasks after its sole author refused to share data with the editors. The April paper, published in…
Newsweek ·

Lane Kiffin-Pete Golding Text Exchange Revealed After Sam Leavitt Injury News

Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding revealed a text exchange he and LSU head coach Lane Kiffin had about Sam Leavitt's injury status.
Silver Bulletin (Nate Silver) ·

A supermajority wants to slow AI down

Still Counting EP2 is out.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science (Andrew Gelman) ·

“Protection from inappropriate influence is a hallmark of scientific integrity” . . . not any more!

This is a funny one. Remember how Google used to have the slogan, “Don’t be evil,” but then they abandoned it? Something similar seems to have happened with the U.S. Census Bureau. Dale Lehman…
Retraction Watch ·

Weekend reads: The afterlife of retracted articles; ADA denies it censored opinions; a ‘twisted phantasmagory’ of ghostwriting

If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: In case you missed the news, the Hijacked Journal Checker now has more…
Newsweek ·

Kenneth Walker Draws Bijan Robinson Comparison From New Chiefs Teammate

Chiefs WR Xavier Worthy compared Kenneth Walker to Bijan Robinson after his explosive Week 1 performance.
Silver Bulletin (Nate Silver) ·

2026 ELWAY NFL projections: Week 2

Team ratings, playoff and Super Bowl odds, and forecasts of every upcoming game from Silver Bulletin's exclusive NFL model.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science (Andrew Gelman) ·

The Washington Nationals are hiring!

Des McGowan writes: I left the Mets last year to take a job as the Amateur Scouting Director with the Washington Nationals. Now that we’ve gotten through our first draft and trade deadline, we’re…
Newsweek ·

Jeremiah Smith on the Verge of Breaking Multiple Ohio State Records

Jeremiah Smith is on the verge of rewriting Ohio State's record books, and it could happen sooner than you think.
Silver Bulletin (Nate Silver) ·

QBERT 2026 NFL quarterback ratings

Our advanced statistical ratings on every quarterback’s past, present, and future are back for the new NFL season.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science (Andrew Gelman) ·

New York City Psychometrics Group

[Edit to correct the attribution. Sorry about that! Bob.] Klint Kanopka (NYU) put together a New York City Psychometrics Group, which hosts events. They have a web site with more information New York…
On the forums
Those who have gotten a new job in the last 6 months - 1 year, how’s it going?
r/datascience · 61 · 35 Career | US
Before turning on a new monitoring alert in production, does anyone actually test it against historical data first?
r/dataengineering · 13 · 15 Help
Silent broadcasting is still a big problem and could be derailing your work right now
r/datascience · 46 · 4 ML
What is the most WTF thing you've seen at a company?
r/dataengineering · 177 · 123 Meme
TabPFN-3.5 is released today and SOTA for 1M rows and up to 20k features
r/datascience · 30 · 3 ML
People with specific “Data Governance job titles (Analysts, Specialists, Managers, etc). What’s your actual job and how your day to day looks like?
r/dataengineering · 101 · 42 Career
Using fake-data simulation to see what a study can actually detect
r/datascience · 33 · 3 Analysis
Are portfolios meaningless now that anyone can build anything?
r/dataengineering · 65 · 59 Discussion
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