The ethics of lying, cheating, and stealing with data: A case study

Junk Charts 2013-09-10

Summary:

I’ve been following with mild interest the recent news stories on the lawbreaking at the Steven A. Cohen hedge fund, for the silly reason that I gave a paid lecture for them a few years ago. I wasn’t thinking too hard about whether they would be using my wonderful statistical ideas to be more effective […]

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Link:

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sociology economics public health

Authors:

Andrew

Date tagged:

09/10/2013, 11:10

Date published:

09/10/2013, 09:54