Animal breeding, human breeding
Reading up on the huge animal breeding literature gives a useful background to one's thinking about what selection on humans will do in the future (embryo selection and direct editing…
Approximate string matching in R
In trying to merge some data, I was confronted with a problem of matching up strings where the author had mutilated them. He had done so in two ways: cutting…
How to do an S factor analysis
John Fuerst suggested that I write a meta-analysis, review and methodology paper on the S factor. That seems like a decent idea once I get some more studies done (data…
SNPs within and between populations
A recent paper informs us that we have now found a small number of SNPs that explain skin color in European samples. In the International Visible Trait Genetics (VisiGen) Consortium,…
Getting free wifi forever in airports on Mint 17.1
Many airports have free wifi services. The problem with these is that they are time-limited, usually to 1 to 3 hours. This can be very annoying if one is stuck…
The performance of African immigrants in Europe: Some Danish and Norwegian data
Due to lengthy discussion over at Unz concerning the good performance of some African groups in the UK, it seems worth it to review the Danish and Norwegian results. Basically,…
IQ and socioeconomic development across Regions of the UK: a reanalysis
Abstract A reanalysis of (Carl, 2015) revealed that the inclusion of London had a strong effect on the S loading of crime and poverty variables. S factor scores from a…
A replication of the S factor among US states using a new and larger dataset
Abstract A dataset of 127 variables concerning socioeconomic outcomes for US states was analyzed. Of these, 81 were used in a factor analysis. The analysis revealed a general socioeconomic factor.…
Interesting non-linear relationship between TV watching, age and reading comprehension
Some time ago, I stumbled upon this paper: Searls, D. T., Mead, N. A., & Ward, B. (1985). The relationship of students' reading skills to TV watching, leisure time reading,…
Traffic statistics per June 20th, 2015
Since James Thompson is posting statistics, here are some for comparison. Note that the statistics for this covers all sites hosted by this server, so that includes: both Danish and…
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