There is a reasonable amount of information about visualization available on the web. There are still huge gaps though, especially when it comes to bridging the gap between academic research and the rest of the world, though. Here are two ideas: one simple, one rather involved. Ben Shneiderman has recently been talking to a number of … Continue reading Two Ideas for a Better Visualization Web
This is a "shout out" for The Replication Network.The full name is, The Replication Network: Furthering the Practice of Replication in Economics. I was alerted to TRN some time ago by co-organiser, Bob Reed, and I'm pleased to be a member.What's T...
This just in from Elsevier. Hardly my favorite firm, but still. Does it resonate with you, for your own future publications? I am intrigued, insofar as it may actually have scientific value in disseminating research and helpi...
I could scarcely believe my good fortune when I opened the following email earlier today:Dear Dr Giles,Congratulations, your paper “Being ‘in’ assessment: The ontological layer(ing) of assessment practice” published in Journal of Applied R...
Chris Blattman (Columbua U.) has a blog directed towards international development, economics, politics, and policy.In a post yesterday, Chris asks: "What happens when a very good political science journal checks the statistical code of its submissions...
Marc Bellemare has been catching my attention recently. On Saturday I had a post that mentioned his talk on "How to Publish Academic Papers". I know that a lot of you have followed this up already.Today, I just have to mention another of his ...
I've put in a lot of time over the years as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Board member, for a number of economics and statistics journals, ranging from Journal of Econometrics and Econometric Theory, to Journal of International Tr...
In an earlier post I mentioned a paper that I co-authored with Xiao Ling. The paper is "Bias reduction for the maximum likelihood estimator of the parameters of the generalized Rayleigh family of distributions. Communications in Statistics - ...
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have an interest (but negligible talent or authority) in the history of econometrics. Actually, the same applies to the history of the discipline of statistics. I find it difficult to appreciate where we ar...
If you're feeling "down" as a result of a recent rejection of your work by a nasty journal editor, you may find some comfort in this paper from The Journal of Economic Perspectives in 1994: "How Are the Mighty Fallen: Rejected Classic Articles by ...
