Open data might be a false good opportunity…
I am always surprised to see many people on Twitter tweeting about #opendata, e.g. @data4all, @usdatagov, @datapublicatwit, @ProPublica or @open3 among so many others… Initially, I was also very...
View ArticleOscar awards: good actor versus good actress
I am not a big fan of those ceremonies, where some actors pretend that they are extremely happy to be there, and then some win a trophy, some don’t, and those who win start to cry, and those who did...
View ArticleInfidelity and econometrics
On http://www.bakadesuyo.com, there was recently an interesting discussion about infidelity, the key question being “at what ages are men and women most likely to have affairs?” The discussion is...
View ArticleLes députés sont-ils à l’image de la population
Beaucoup de choses ont été écrites sur le fait que les députés ne sont pas vraiment le reflet de la population, que ce soit en terme de profession, de sexe, d’origine, d’age, etc. La liste pourrait...
View ArticleHow old is the oldest person you know?
Last week, we had a discussion with some colleagues about the fact that – in order to prepare for the SOA exams – we did not have time (so far) to mention results on extreme values in our actuarial...
View ArticleDynamique de la Pyramide des Ages
Très joli billet sur blog.revolutionanalytics.com avec un code de @kyle_e_walker permettant, très simplement (moyennant une inscription pour avoir une clé permettant d’utiliser l’API du census) de...
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