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  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

data

big data and controlled experiments

Big data and controlled experiments are tools for thinking, not substitutes for thinking. … Read the post big data and controlled experiments

disinvesting in public data is bad economics

Public data is key infrastructure for informed democracy and a vibrant economy in the twenty-first century. … Read the post disinvesting in public data is bad economics

ugly data

Keep big data out of flower beds! … Read the post ugly data

smart disclosure progressing

Smart disclosure can bring to data the people-centric orientation that smart growth has to urban planning. … Read the post smart disclosure progressing

non-profits' distribution of management expenses

At the recent DC Data Dive, GuideStar put out for analysis some IRS financial data for non-profit organizations.  The non-profits are identified only by an ID number, topic of work, and geographic scope. The question for the data dive was: “What financial data may be predictive of an organization’s defunct status in two years?”  Volunteer … Continue reading non-profits' distribution of management expenses

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