The SAIS Review of International Affairs

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False Positives and Spurious Correlations: An Interview with Professor Mark White

Post author By The SAIS Review
Post date April 18, 2014

What’s wrong with big data? Is its use causing more mistakes? Professor Mark White discusses the negative implications of the newest trend in research with SAIS Review Assistant Editor Kyle Johnson.

Tags big data, causation, correlation, interview, kyle johnson, large hadron collider, mark white, nate silver, SAIS Review, statistics, the signal and the noise

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An Interview with Yaniv Barzilai

Post author By The SAIS Review
Post date February 21, 2014

SAIS alumnus Yaniv Barzilai, a foreign service officer at the United States Department of State, discusses his recent book, 102 Days of War – How Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda & the Taliban Survived 2001.

Tags 102 days of war, afghanistan, barack obama, george w. bush, interview, osama bin laden, Pakistan, SAIS Review, september 11th, tora bora, yaniv barzilai