Econometrics Beat: Dave Giles' Blog

Earlier this week I had a request to become a "contact" for a particular person on LinkedIn . As this didn't appear to be som...

Last week, in a post titled,  It's a Wonderful Life , I discussed the OECD's recently released  "Better Life Index"  (BLI...

On World Statistics Day , 20.10.2010, the  Royal Statistical Society launched its  getstats campaign. This is a major drive to promote th...

The other evening my wife asked me if tulips are poisonous to cats. I didn't know the answer off hand. The question was prompted by the...

Zanran is to data, what Google is to text. Now in its Beta-testing phase, the new search engine, Zanran , seems certain to appeal to al...

The World Bank has recently released an " e-Atlas " that provides an interesting collection of maps and graphs for a wide range o...

For your edification I offer (without comment): Brigitte H. Bechtold, " The Practice of Econometrics: A Feminist Critique ", Rev...

Personally, I'd have gone for a big cake with candles, but last week, to celebrate its 50 th anniversary, the OECD released a new ...

Spring is sprung and wedding season is fast approaching. Indeed, some couples have already taken the plunge this Spring. On 28 April, the ...

The latest issue of Amstat News (the monthly newsletter of the American Statistical Association) includes this piece . It's about the ...