tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post7530077915603312573..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: A political minimum spanning treeMichael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-5478425294434966772010-03-18T19:12:55.690-07:002010-03-18T19:12:55.690-07:00i truly enjoy all your posting style, very interes...i truly enjoy all your posting style, very interesting,<br />don't give up and keep writing considering it simply truly worth to follow it,<br />excited to look at much more of your current article content, kind regards ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-57574615257888819792009-12-30T19:22:36.274-08:002009-12-30T19:22:36.274-08:00Интересно написано....но многое остается непонятны...Интересно написано....но многое остается непонятнымbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-705032966813008692008-07-08T11:13:00.000-07:002008-07-08T11:13:00.000-07:00Karl,that's a good point. I think that states are...Karl,<BR/><BR/>that's a good point. I think that states are more than just administrative units, though, because of the electoral college. It makes sense to try to predict things on the state level because that's the level that matters in determining the winner.<BR/><BR/>Of course, it probably makes sense to look at data on a level finer than the state level, even if one only wants to make state-level predictions. A state where most people's political views are in the center and a state where people are evenly split between the far left and the far right might look the same in a state-level analysis but actually behave quite differently.Michael Lugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-22706974749905493632008-07-08T10:53:00.000-07:002008-07-08T10:53:00.000-07:00I'm wary of analyses that are organized around adm...I'm wary of analyses that are organized around administrative units (such as states). Just because data happens to be collected at the level of administrative units doesn't mean that those units reflect underlying reality. It's a bit like searching for your lost car keys by the streetlamp because the light is better there.<BR/><BR/>The article <A HREF="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/05/its_an_appalachia_problem_not_1.php" REL="nofollow">Obama's Is an Appalachia Problem, Not a Whites Problem</A> by Jonathan Tilove provides a good example of how paying too much attention to state boundaries (or other semi-arbitrary lines) can mislead.Karl Fogelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852802718707329849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-84421791815285021112008-07-07T18:28:00.000-07:002008-07-07T18:28:00.000-07:00Is the metric actually a metric? Specifically, do...Is the metric actually a metric? Specifically, does the triangle inequality hold?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-17738375542898537862008-07-07T11:57:00.000-07:002008-07-07T11:57:00.000-07:00The DOT language is pretty neat for drawing pretty...The DOT language is pretty neat for drawing pretty trees. I haven't checked whether Asymptote has a tree package. <BR/><BR/>But automating it sure beats doing that shit by hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-17331433953392453202008-07-07T11:41:00.000-07:002008-07-07T11:41:00.000-07:00It might be interesting to see the same tree as a ...It might be interesting to see the same tree as a single-linkage hierarchical clustering (form two clusters by deleting the heaviest MST edge, then continue forming subclusters in the same way within each cluster).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com