Bo Winegard firing — time for action
Bo Winegard. I’ve Been Fired. If You Value Academic Freedom, That Should Worry You. Quillette. So it finally came to pass. This has been a long time in the coming.…
Human Biodiversity 2020 March Research Fundraiser!
We need more money to collect data etc., so donate us some! We set up a charity (US) for this. 'Official' tweet: https://twitter.com/KirkegaardEmil/status/1235907818127048704 Official link: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/hbd2020march Shortlink: http://tiny.cc/HBD2020Mar See also…
Species genetic variation and number of subspecies/races/breeds/breeding populations/clusters etc.
A straightforward research idea: Compare the recognized count of subspecies (races/breeds/breeding populations/clusters etc.) with measures of genetic variation. The most obvious is the Fst but it's not an optimal metric.…
Empirical effect size comparison studies (2020 overview)
Since I keep having to look for these, here's a compilation for ease of reference. Hemphill, J. F. (2003). Interpreting the magnitudes of correlation coefficients. American Psychologist. Ungated Discusses empirical…
New paper out: Human Biodiversity for Beginners: A Review of Charles Murray’s Human Diversity
Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2020). Human Biodiversity for Beginners: A Review of Charles Murray's Human Diversity. Mankind Quarterly, 60(3). Journal (gated) Human Diversity is Charles Murray’s latest book. This review…
Gap closers
A lot of these people. Ferguson, R. F. (1998). Can schools narrow the Black–White test score gap?. Kober, N. (2001). It Takes More Than Testing: Closing the Achievement Gap. A…
New paper out: Public Preferences and Reality: Crime Rates among 70 Immigrant Groups in the Netherlands
Kirkegaard, E. O. W. & de Kuijper, M. (2020). Public Preferences and Reality: Crime Rates among 70 Immigrant Groups in the Netherlands. Mankind Quarterly, 60(3) journal link (gated) We estimated…
Sesardić’s conjecture: preliminary evidence in favor
In Making sense of Heritability (2005), Sesardić wrote: On the less obvious side, a nasty campaign against H could have the unintended effect of strengthening H [hereditarianism] epistemically, and making…
Stereotype accuracy: summary of some studies
Now that the video is up, here's some other studies I came across. Falkenberg, L. (1990). Improving the accuracy of stereotypes within the workplace. Journal of Management, 16(1), 107-118. Has…
IVF tech by country: historical growth
Some time ago, I made a plot of this that Steve Hsu ended up posting. However, here's a newer one. The public datafile is here. Latest published report is here,…
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