Collected links

1. “Some Facts About Indian Polling Stations”:

   Of the 748,584 polling stations about which we have data on building conditions, nearly 24% report having Internet and a similar number report having “Landline Telephone/Fax Connection.” 97.7% report having toilets for men and women. 2.6% report being in a “dilapidated or dangerous” building.

2. Dave Giles: “Controlling My Heating Bill Using Bayesian Model Averaging” (cool!)

3. Francis Diebold on a new paper by Art Howen and Hal Varian.

4. Jane Street: “How to shuffle a big dataset”

5. Kaiser Fung:

   The current scandal demonstrates the value of the business intelligence/business analytics functions within companies. We were told that Facebook first realized that certain metrics were showing unusual trends, and upon investigation, they discovered the bugs.

   This is entirely believable. That’s what happens when you have good data reports. They surface anomalies.