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Less Known Facts About Muslims in India

Two concerns dominate discussions of Indian Muslims: that they lag behind other groups due to discrimination and cultural factors, and that gender gaps among Muslims are likely substantially wider because of cultural reasons. If true, both should be visible in development indicators. Let’s look at the facts. * Infant Mortality:

When OLS and SUR Disagree

Under Zellner’s classical SUR assumptions—the same regressors in each equation and a common sample of observations—OLS and SUR produce the same coefficient estimates, but SUR yields smaller standard errors. Differences in coefficients appear in practice for good and bad reasons: Efficient, “good” differences arise from intentional GLS

How Many People Does It Take …?

A 700,000 square meter Hindu temple—the world’s second-largest Hindu temple--was recently inaugurated in New Jersey. The sect that built the temple is known for building many other elaborate temples, see, for instance, the temple in Delhi (TripAdvisor rates it as the second biggest attraction in

Take 80 mg Atorvastatin for Myalgia

Here’s a drug pamphlet with a table about side effects The same table can be found here: https://www.rxlist.com/lipitor-drug.htm#side_effects As you can see, for a range of conditions, the rate at which patients experience side effects is greater in the Placebo arm

A Benchmark For Benchmarks

Benchmark datasets like MNIST, ImageNet, etc., abound in machine learning. Such datasets stimulate work on a problem by providing an agreed-upon mark to beat. Many of the benchmark datasets, however, are constructed in an ad hoc manner. As a result, it is hard to understand why the best-performing

Compensation With Currency With No Agreed Upon Value

Equity is an integral part of start-up compensation. However, employees and employers may disagree about the value of equity. Employers, for instance, may value equity higher than potential employees because they have access to better data or simply because they are more optimistic. One consequence of the disagreement between

Optimally Suboptimal: Behavioral-Economic Product Features

Booking travel online feels like shopping in an Indian bazaar: a deluge of options, no credible information, aggressive hawkers (“recommendations” and “targeted ads”), and hours of frantic search that end with purchasing something more out of exhaustion than conviction. Online travel booking is not unique in offering this miserable experience.