<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Econometrics on AW — notes &amp; thoughts</title><link>https://coffepowered.github.io/tags/econometrics/</link><description>Recent content in Econometrics on AW — notes &amp; thoughts</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>it-IT</language><managingEditor>Andrea Ruggerini</managingEditor><webMaster>Andrea Ruggerini</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 21:28:43 -0500</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://coffepowered.github.io/tags/econometrics/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Q1 2023: Miscellanea (playlist)</title><link>https://coffepowered.github.io/blogs/q1-2023-podcasts-and-readings/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 21:28:43 -0500</pubDate><guid>https://coffepowered.github.io/blogs/q1-2023-podcasts-and-readings/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="usare-i-numeri-ciecamente-la-fallacia-di-mcnamara"&gt;Usare i numeri ciecamente: la fallacia di McNamara&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Due note brevi sulla &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNamara_fallacy"&gt;fallacia di McNamara&lt;/a&gt; (segretario della difesa USA durante la guerra in Vietnam), spesso riassunta come &amp;ldquo;fallacia quantitativa&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;“the facts which count best count most&amp;quot;. [I fatti che si contano meglio sono quelli che contano di più]&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Spesso è figlia delle organizzazioni, ma colpisce (duro) individui e decisioni. Come fare a riprodurla? Ecco un tutorial (preso da &lt;a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346625931_The_McNamara_fallacy_and_the_fog_of_foresight_at_work_This_article_first_appeared_in_Health_and_Safety_Bulletin_published_by_LexisNexis_Further_details_from_the_editor_Howard_Fidderman_hfiddermanexcit"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;As reported by Smith, Yankelovich describes the fallacy as follows:&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>