#Measurement

Peter Young (The Austrian)

TheAustrian3

To understand economic phenomena we must analyse human action, rather than material objects and their properties.Inanimate objects are dead matter. It is human reason shaping humans’ actions that rearranges matter

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/7Very interesting piece on the gradual and imperfect transition (“GDP adoption in China was an experimental – and ultimately unsuccessful – process of translation”) in China from the Soviet-invented Material

Donald Schneider

DonFSchneider

Setting aside the big measurement issues, the EPI chart shown here is actually not about rising payments to capital (they acknowledge small role for decline of labor share) really this

Daichi Shimbo MD

DaichiShimbo

1/ We would like to announce the primary results of the Improving the Detection of Hypertension Study from a @NIH @nih_nhlbi PPG published today in @JACCJournals. https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.10.039#.X9fIOjCKAR0.twitter 2/ T

Matt Graham

Matt__Graham

NEW PAPER"Measuring Misperceptions?"The one-word answer is "no." There is a substantial gap between the beliefs researchers describe and the beliefs surveys measure.Paper: https://m-graham.com/papers/Graham_measuringMisp

🌟 it rabbu 🌟

redrabbu

I hate when ppl tell petite folks they’re too thin. Like, it doesn’t dawn on them how rude that is to say. You think it’s a compliment to be compared

Sue 💙

suetthatsme

Anyone can take a blood pressure recording at home, with a monitor.“My BP is 130/75”“Oh Mine is 170/98”“Mines 90/40”Technology is fabulous. It allows you to monitor things yourself.So you have

Subhrajyoti

subhra2jyoti

#Thread on Units of measurement of Length in Ancient India as observed by Hieun Tsiang (Yuan Chwang) (602-664 CE), the Chinese traveller, in ‘Record of Travels to the Western Regions’

Joel Smalley

RealJoelSmalley

For those who believe interventions mitigate COVID deaths and not natural events like community immunity or size of susceptible population, please give me a plausible interpretation of these.... I've modelled

PLASTIC SURGERY CONSULTANT

KosmeticKrys

A thread Let’s discuss WHR(Waist to hip Ratio.) The waist-hip ratio or waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is the dimensionless ratio of the circumference of the waist to that of the hips.

Ian David Moss

iandavidmoss

Last month a friend asked me "what's the best resource you've read thus far on human decision-making?" 1/ After thinking about it, I decided to recommend her one of the

Alexander Wuttke

Kunkakom

Questions of measurement and conceptualization are often rather dry.Still, they are necessary conditions for meaningful statements about the world. And they are consequential.Two studies discuss whether a "third wave of

Jack Schneider

Edu_Historian

Really excited to share this new piece in @AeraOpen, co-authored by @_jmnoonan, @ImRachelWhite, Doug Gagnon, and @ashleyjcarey: "Adding 'Student Voice' to the Mix: Perception Surveys and State Accountability Systems"https:

Subhrajyoti

subhra2jyoti

#Thread on Measurement of Time & Astronomy in Ancient India as observed by Hieun Tsiang (Yuan Chwang) (602-664 CE) in ‘Record of Travels to the Western Regions’ #History #india #bharat

Kenneth

tx_law

This is the essence of hitting a baseball thrown 95 miles per hour. You must first learn to hit the ball off the tee, standing still. It requires patience, practice,

Aaron Johnston

aaronjohnston

We need a holistic re-think of exams over the span of medical training. The MCAT, UME exams, MCC, PGME in-training exams, CFPC and RCPSC exams. How do they relate to

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