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Andrew Gelman

Andrew Gelman is Professor of Statistics and Political Science at Columbia University. His books include Bayesian Data Analysis, Teaching Statistics: A Bag of Tricks, and Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do. He also blogs at Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science.

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Law & Justice

What Statistics Can't Tell Us in the Fight over Affirmative Action at Harvard

A group seeking to ban affirmative action has sued Harvard for discriminating against Asian Americans. The core issues won't be resolved by statistics alone.

Andrew Gelman, Sharad Goel, Daniel E. Ho

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Political and institutional hurdles prevent serious reform

At the end of his bracing critique of Wall Street bailouts, lax financial regulation, and the state

Sarah Binder, Andrew Gelman, John Sides

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Unfunded Obligations

Getting Congress to act responsibly on economic issues goes against what society teaches us.

Andrew Gelman

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‘In elections, what is certain is almost never new; what is new is almost never certain’

We appreciate the thoughtful comments of Michael Dawson, Richard Johnston and Emily Thorson, Rick

Andrew Gelman, John Sides

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Stories and Stats

Each American presidential election eventually turns into a story. In 1960 Nixon stumbled in the

Andrew Gelman, John Sides

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