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Information Transmission in a Social Network: Dissecting the Spread of a Quora Post

Edwin Chen

Much of Quora’s appeal, after all, lies in its social graph – and when you’ve got a network of users, all broadcasting their activities to their neighbors, information can cascade in multiple ways. How does information spread through a network? How do these social designs affect which users see what?

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Misleading Statistics Examples – Discover The Potential For Misuse of Statistics & Data In The Digital Age

datapine

of scientists surveyed admitted to questionable research practices, including modifying results to improve outcomes, subjective data interpretation, withholding analytical details, and dropping observations because of gut feelings…. 3) Data fishing. Daniele Fanelli from The University of Edinburgh found that 33.7% Scientists!