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What We Learn From Unusual Cases: A Review of Azari and Gelman's “19 Things We Learned From the 2016 Election” 我们从不同寻常的案例中学到了什么：阿扎里和盖尔曼的《我们从2016年大选中学到的19件事》综述

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Statistics and Public Policy Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2017.1399844

Hans Noel

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引用次数: 1

Building Capacity for Data-Driven Governance: Creating a New Foundation for Democracy 建设数据驱动型治理的能力:为民主创造新的基础

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Statistics and Public Policy Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2017.1374897

S. Keller, V. Lancaster, S. Shipp

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引用次数: 11

19 Things We Learned from the 2016 Election 我们从2016年大选中学到的19件事

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Statistics and Public Policy Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2017.1356775

A. Gelman, Julia Azari

引用次数: 29

Response to Azari and Gelman 对Azari和Gelman的回应

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Statistics and Public Policy Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2017.1399843

S. Masket

引用次数: 0

Using Graphical Models to Examine Value-Added Models 使用图形模型检查增值模型

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Statistics and Public Policy Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2017.1294037

D. Wright

引用次数: 3

Expected Labor Force Activity and Retirement Behavior by Age, Gender, and Labor Force History 按年龄、性别和劳动力历史划分的预期劳动力活动和退休行为

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Statistics and Public Policy Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2017.1358125

James E Ciecka, Gary R. Skoog

引用次数: 2

Is the Gini Index of Inequality Overly Sensitive to Changes in the Middle of the Income Distribution? 衡量不平等的基尼系数是否对收入分配中间位置的变化过于敏感?

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Statistics and Public Policy Pub Date : 2016-12-12 DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2017.1360813

J. Gastwirth

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引用次数: 44

The 2008 Election: A Preregistered Replication Analysis 2008年大选:预登记的复制分析

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Statistics and Public Policy Pub Date : 2016-07-08 DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2016.1277966

Rayleigh Lei, Andrew Gelman, Yair Ghitza

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引用次数: 7

Using First Name Information to Improve Race and Ethnicity Classification 使用名字信息改进种族和民族分类

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Statistics and Public Policy Pub Date : 2016-02-22 DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2018.1427012

Ioan Voicu

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引用次数: 29

Did Massachusetts Health Care Reform Lower Mortality? No According to Randomization Inference 马萨诸塞州医疗改革降低了死亡率吗?根据随机化推理

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Statistics and Public Policy Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2015.1102667

R. Kaestner

引用次数: 39