Policies Fail When 'Correlation Equals Causation'—The Pitfalls of Data Analysis Learned from Vaccination Rates

Years with higher sales are also years with higher advertising spending—so is the advertising working, or did the increase in sales simply provide more room to spend on ads? This seemingly simple ...

The difference between an annual income of 8.5 million and 4.5 million was not the 'degree' but the 'alumni list'—the true nature of the salary gap revealed by the ...

There are two people with a two-fold difference in annual income: 8.5 million yen and 4.5 million yen.One is a graduate of the University of Tokyo, and the other is a graduate of a local national ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Arellano, M. and Bover, O. (1995) Another Look at the Instrumental Variable Estimation of Error-Components Models. Journal of Econometrics, 68, 29-51.

ABSTRACT: This study examines the influence of strategic financial management of human capital investments and their contribution on macroeconomic performance, proxied by GDP per capita growth. While ...
PNAS

Canon enables causal inference of downstream genes in single-cell CRISPR studies via instrumental variable analysis

Understanding how genes regulate one another is fundamental to biology, yet existing methods for single-cell CRISPR (sc-CRISPR) screens rely on association-based analyses that cannot establish ...
quantumzeitgeist

Microsoft Shifts Resource Estimation to Python’s QDK Package

Microsoft is shifting its quantum resource estimation strategy away from a Visual Studio Code extension, as the QDK extension for VS Code will be deprecated. The qdk.qre module is the current method ...
GitHub

An Open Python Framework for Battery Operational Reliability Estimation

Open-source Python implementation of the Shikdar–Laaksonen (2026) multihorizon hazard framework for battery operational reliability, with reproducibility analysis, methodological corrections, and an ...
MacRumors

iPhone 18 Pro's Camera Upgrade Will Cost Apple 50% More

The iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max's all-new variable aperture lens will cost Apple 50% more than the camera unit used in current models, according to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Unlike ...
WLRN

South Florida Film Previews: “The Python Hunt”, "Facing the Future: South Florida vs. Climate Change", and “An Instrumental Start: A Model for the Nation”

On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we speak with filmmaker Xander Robin about his new documentary “The Python Hunt.” The film examines the rise of Burmese pythons as “exotic pets” that ...
U.S. News & World Report

Personalized Car Insurance Calculator: Estimate Your Monthly Rate

Advertising disclosure: When you use our links to explore or buy products we may earn a fee, but that in no way affects our editorial independence. Use our free car insurance calculator to estimate ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Baum, C. F., Lewbel, A., Schaffer, M. E., & Talavera, O. (2012). Instrumental Variables Estimation Using Heteroskedasticity-Based Instruments. In United Kingdom Stata User’s ...

ABSTRACT: The objective of this research is to analyze the effect of fiscal decentralization on the provision of health services at the level of Decentralized Territorial Collectivities (CTDs) in ...
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USTR Releases 2026 National Trade Estimate Report

WASHINGTON – Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative submitted the 2026 National Trade Estimate (NTE) to President Trump and Congress. The 2026 NTE details significant foreign ...