IFoA AI Ethics Governance & Risk Management forum

2026-04-21

I was invited to give a talk at the “IFoA AI Ethics Governance & Risk Management forum” at the end of the week. I uploaded some slides to start the …

Did Taylor Swift kill a bunch of people?

2026-04-21

In a post entitled “FARCE: FARS Album Release Coincidence Examination,” Gaurav Sood writes: Replication and extended analysis of Patel, Worsham, Liu & Jena (2026), “Smartphones, Online Music Streaming, and Traffic Fatalities,” NBER Working Paper 34866. Key Findings 1. The Statistical … Continue reading → …

Survey Statistics: dCV for MRP ?

2026-04-21

Three weeks ago we learned about design-based cross validation (dCV), shown in Figure 1(d) of Iparragirre et al. (2023): Each dot is a PSU (primary sampling unit), which can be an individual but is often a group/cluster of individuals. Each color … Continue reading → …

maestro reaches stable release

2026-04-21

maestro has officially graduated to stable release with version 1.0.0 back in January 2026 and now its latest version 1.1.0. This marks a commitment to maintaining a stable API and increased reliance on using maestro in production. In our e…

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