In the Applied Statistics Blog this week

1. Understanding the ‘Russian Mortality Paradox’ in Central Asia: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

Short answer: alcohol and suicide.

2. Lumberjacks as a counterexample to the idea of a “risk premium”

They take lots of risks and don’t get paid well for it.

3. Cell size and scale

This is a visualization you won’t want to miss.

4. Three guys named Matt

5. The political philosophy of the private eye

A genre that was rendered obsolete in 1961 (but nobody realizes it).

P.S. No, I won’t be pluggin my other blogs every week, just wanted to do it this once (and maybe every now and then if something politically relevant comes up).