Brett Keller
Roving data guy, occasional musician. Job: . Alum of econ/policy, global epi, . Opinions/views = mine.
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Eliminate Journal Formatting on First Submission!
Alex Tabarrok - Marginal REVOLUTION 51h 4 tweets
Many years ago I was incredulous when my wife told me she had to format a paper to meet a journal’s guidelines before it was accepted! Who could favor such a dumb policy? In economics, the rule is you make your paper look good but you don’t have to...
Brett Keller yes please >> Eliminate Journal Formatting on First Submission! - Marginal Revolution 31h
Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo – in pictures
the Guardian 55d 9 tweets
This is the 10th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s also the largest and longest ever. More than 2,000 people have died since August 2018. As part of the UN Ebola emergency response, the Red Cross is working with the World...
Brett Keller Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo – in pictures | The Guardian 3d
What Can Americans Learn from Germany’s Reckoning with the Holocaust?
kottke.org 4d 1 tweets
For The New Republic, Heather Souvaine Horn reviews Susan Neiman's book, Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil, a
Brett Keller What Can Americans Learn from Germany’s Reckoning with the Holocaust? 4d
Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams
bioRxiv 7d 12 tweets
Data analysis workflows in many scientific domains have become increasingly complex and flexible. To assess the impact of this flexibility on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) results, the same dataset was independently analyzed by 70...
Brett Keller fascinating >> Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams 4d
Is “abandon statistical significance” like organically fed, free-range chicken? « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu 8d 2 tweets
Brett Keller Is “abandon statistical significance” like organically fed, free-range chicken? « Andrew Gelman 7d
Data Analysis Consultant
ReliefWeb 9d 1 tweets
Human Resources Consultancy in Kenya, requiring 3-4 years of experience, from PSI; closing on 18 Nov 2019
Brett Keller know someone in Nairobi who's good with ? I'm hiring a consultant for a couple data analysis projects. #kot #stata 9d
Why Do Nairobi's Elite Bring a Colonialist Mentality to Urban Design?
gathara - CityLab 11d 2 tweets
Decades after Kenya shook off colonialism, in their approach to urban design, Nairobi's elite show a similar classist disdain for ordinary Africans.
There's A Promising New Vaccine For One Of The World's Top Health Threats
NPR.org 15d 5 tweets
Dengue afflicts nearly 400 million people worldwide every year, but a vaccine has remained elusive. New research offers a path forward.
Brett Keller There's A Promising New Vaccine For One Of The World's Top Health Threats [dengue, that is] | NPR 11d
This Congolese Doctor Discovered Ebola But Never Got Credit For It — Until Now
NPR.org 18d 40 tweets
Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe first confronted a mysterious, bloody disease in 1976. But credit for the discovery went to Belgian researchers.
The incentives are all wrong (causal inference edition) « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu 17d 3 tweets
Brett Keller The incentives are all wrong (causal inference edition) « Andrew Gelman 16d
Failed state? How the DRC continues to deliver public services
Kristof Titeca - The Conversation 58d 4 tweets
The DRC's state and public administration didn’t disappear, but changed: they were being built from the ground up, tailor-made to local actors’ interests.
Brett Keller Failed state? How the DRC continues to deliver public services 17d
The Evolving Politics of Death in Kenya
The Elephant 53d 2 tweets
9 min read. Attitudes about death and bodies have evolved over time writes PATRICK GATHARA. But the politics of death in today's context has been marred with colonial myths and narratives that influence death and burial rights.
Brett Keller The Evolving Politics of Death in Kenya | Elephant 17d
How to prepare your data for analysis and charting in Excel & Google Sheets
Chartable 30d 2 tweets
The methods and Excel formulas you'll need most often to get your data ready to analyze or plug into Datawrapper.
Brett Keller a great guide to cleaning data in Excel (for when you have to) >> How to prepare your data for analysis and charting in Excel & Google Sheets 18d
From young lovers to old customs: Stunning photographs from East Africa
African Arguments 18d 1 tweets
Stories from East Africa this year have often enraptured the rest of the continent and the world at large. For their scale, shock value, and capacity for inspiration. Photographers have captured many of these unfolding headlines. They have allowed...
Brett Keller From young lovers to old customs: Stunning photographs from East Africa - African Arguments < amazing photos, but a warning that it includes a Dusit image 18d
From Frontier Policy to Foreign Policy: The Question of India and the Transformation of Geopolitics in Qing China | Matthew W. Mosca
Stanford Press - Sup.org 41d 1 tweets
Between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, Qing rulers, officials, and scholars fused diverse, fragmented perceptions of foreign territory into one integrated worldview. In the same period, a single foreign policy emerged as an...
The Crucial Century
Anton Howes 37d 2 tweets
If a peaceful extraterrestrial visited the world in 1550, I often wonder where it would see as being the most likely site of the Industrial Revolution – an acceleration in the pace of innovation,...
Brett Keller without foresight, where would you think the Industrial Revolution was most likely to occur? >> The Crucial Century 22d
Evidence of Russia-Linked Influence Operations in Africa
FSI Stanford - Cyber.fsi.stanford.edu 23d 5 tweets
Russia’s global strategy for reasserting itself as a geopolitical superpower has led to an increased presence in Africa, where it has broadened efforts to shape the continent’s politics and pursue
Who deserves the Nobel for China’s economic development?
Andrew Batson - Andrew Batson's Blog 28d 2 tweets
The awarding of the Nobel Prize in economics to three academics “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty” has prompted some caustic commentary about how much, or l…
Brett Keller Who deserves the Nobel for China’s economic development? 23d
Rock climbing and the economics of innovation – Soft Machines
Softmachines.org 27d 7 tweets
Behold Our Dazzling Night Sky When the Milky Way Collides with Andromeda in 4 Billion Years
kottke.org 32d 3 tweets
This is what our night sky is going to look like in 3.9 billion years: Wow! So what's going on here? Using data from the Hubble
Brett Keller now that we've seen the ending, what's the point of watching? >> Behold Our Dazzling Night Sky When the Milky Way Collides with Andromeda in 4 Billion Years 31d