Brett Keller
Roving data guy, occasional musician. Job: . Alum of econ/policy, global epi, . Opinions/views = mine.
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The business of changing the world (book review)
Aidnography.blogspot.com 35h 1 tweets
Tobias Denskus (Malmö University) blogs about communication for development (ComDev), anthropology & academia
The rise of Nairobi’s concrete tenement jungle
International Institute for Environment and Development 52d 4 tweets
Guest blogger Baraka Mwau describes how the transition to ‘low-cost’ rental housing in Nairobi is unfolding
Brett Keller increasingly what urban life looks like in Nairobi. for a research project earlier this year, mapped an enumeration area that had ~100 households in 2009 - same area had >1000 households in 2019 >> The rise of Nairobi’s concrete tenement jungle 4d
CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference
CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference 86d 1 tweets
CORE Group's lively Global Health Practitioner Conferences focus on community health design and implementation, highlighting maternal, newborn and child health.
A New Hub for Data in Randomized Control Trials
Innovations for Poverty Action 10d 2 tweets
Today, J-PAL and IPA are excited to announce the creation of the new Datahub for Field Experiments in Economics and Public Policy. With this new dataverse, we will be housing all datasets published on The Dataverse Project by our respective...
New evidence shows why the HPV vaccine is as important for boys as girls
Matthew Herper - STAT 10d 18 tweets
Twenty years ago, HPV mouth and throat cancers were rare. In the past decade, however, the number of cases has roughly tripled.
Failed decolonisation in South African cities leads to violence
Aljazeera.com 11d 5 tweets
‘Someone’s Gotta Tell the Freakin’ Truth’: Jerry Falwell’s Aides Break Their Silence
POLITICO Magazine 12d 85 tweets
More than two dozen current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world.
The Comet
kottke.org 12d 1 tweets
Director Christian Stangl and composer Wolfgang Stangl used millions of photos (that's right, millions!) taken by the ESA's Rose
Brett Keller some amazing (real) imagery >> The Comet 12d
Cheating, Inc.: How Writing Papers for American College Students Has Become a Lucrative Profession Overseas
Nytimes.com 14d 29 tweets
Amid the college admissions scandal, another type of cheating was overlooked: Students already in college who pay others to write their papers.
Tragic end to fun weekend as Hell’s Gate claims seven lives : The Standard
The Standard 18d 1 tweets
Kenya Wildlife Service closes park to public due to ongoing rains
Brett Keller Tragic end to fun weekend as Hell’s Gate claims seven lives : The Standard this is really sad, and hard to see how it wouldn't be preventable with a better warning system + some basic improvements to the gorge route (better & more emergency exits) 18d
Is the effect they found too large to believe? (the effect of breakfast micronutrients on social decisions) « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu 21d 2 tweets
Brett Keller Is the effect they found too large to believe? (the effect of breakfast macronutrients on social decisions) « Andrew Gelman 19d
'Clarifying': The Democratic debate stage narrows and candidates quit the race
NBC News 24d 2 tweets
The overcrowded Democratic primary for the right to take on Trump is entering a new phase.
We Need Interventions that Improve Student Learning. But How Big is a Big Impact?
Center For Global Development 26d 6 tweets
We need interventions that dramatically increase student learning. But what does “dramatically increase” mean? What is within the realm of current possibility?
The Hubble’s New Portrait of Jupiter
kottke.org 24d 1 tweets
A photo of Jupiter taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in late June was recently released by NASA. Among other things, it shows
Brett Keller the less-Great-Red Spot >> The Hubble’s New Portrait of Jupiter 24d
Distorted US Map of Where Candidates Campaigned in 2016
kottke.org 26d 4 tweets
Because of the Electoral College and the way the primary system works in the US, presidential candidates end up spending a disprop
Brett Keller Distorted US Map of Where Candidates Campaigned in 2016 25d
The importance of talking about the importance of measurement: It depends on the subfield « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu 27d 2 tweets
Brett Keller The importance of talking about the importance of measurement: It depends on the subfield « Andrew Gelman 26d
Foreign aid, Cashgate and trusting relationships amongst stakeholders: key factors contributing to (mal) functioning of the Malawian health system
OUP Academic 30d 1 tweets
Abstract. Malawi has a long history of receiving foreign aid, both monetary and technical support, for its health and other services provision. In the past two
Brett Keller “Foreign aid, Cashgate and trusting relationships amongst stakeholders: key factors contributing to (mal) functioning of the Malawian health system” 30d
All bars to remain closed over the weekend for census, Matiang'i orders
Citizen TV Kenya - Citizentv.co.ke 31d 1 tweets
Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has ordered the closure of all bars countrywide for two days starting Saturday for the national census exercise.
Ugandan mothers want justice for their children who died in care of a young American "doctor"
Quartz Africa 35d 8 tweets
“She would look for the most critically ill children and convince their mothers to “run away” with them, and come to her center instead of the government hospitals."
“Beyond ‘Treatment Versus Control’: How Bayesian Analysis Makes Factorial Experiments Feasible in Education Research” « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu 39d 2 tweets
Brett Keller “Beyond ‘Treatment Versus Control’: How Bayesian Analysis Makes Factorial Experiments Feasible in Education Research” « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 38d