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Should the probabilities count?
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Nancy Cartwright: Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials
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Camilla Nothhaft: Lobbying - Systems and People
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What insights can data visualization techniques generate?
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In 2007, the Swedish gambling agency ran a simple gambling game called LIMBO. Gamblers were invited to stake 10 kronor on a number of their choice between 1 and 99,999. The person choosing the smalles
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