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Vassar unequal pay lawsuit
Data Rule 1: Avoid making assumptions based on a single factor
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Thomas J. Pfaff
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Quick Takes and Random Stuff Sept 21, 2023
China and solar, white sturgeon, health coverage, Exxon and more
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How should contributions to household chores be measured?
Maybe men aren't shirkers
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How rising mean temperatures affect maximums
An illustrative simulation
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Quick Takes and Random Stuff Sept 14, 2023
Planetary boundaries, free speech, billion dollar disasters, the Stones and more
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How to lie without lying
How the There Is No Climate Emergency document misleads
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Media's focus of White supremacy harms Black communities
A response to the Guardian about racial homicide.
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Quick Takes and Random Stuff Sept 7, 2023
Bad analysis, education and privilege, energy and climate, the spinning cd and more
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Why are women overrepresented in higher education?
Thoughts on this and the "gender pay gap"
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Thomas J. Pfaff
What a climate change poll likely really says
Response to a Washington Post article
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Thomas J. Pfaff
August 2023
Quick Takes and Random Stuff Aug 30, 2023
Straws, COVID, energy, racial wealth gap, a cool sea level visual, the spinning cd and more
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Female vs. Male Master's Degree Enrollment
Women dominate a little more
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