Tanner Hicks

Mechanical Engineer and Behavioral Economics

[Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster]

Extremely important finding on birth month and ADHD. TL;DR: August birthday (read: enter school younger) associated with 30% increase in ADHD diagnoses relative to September birthday. But only in states with September school cutoff. @AnupamBJena
https://t.co/avW3n3EG62

[Karan Chhabra, MD MSc @krchhabra]

This is a fantastic study with an ingenious design. I was born very close to our cutoff, was youngest in my class, and had a questionable dx of ADHD for years. This is the best explanation I've heard. Props @timothyjlayton @ml_barnett @tannerhicks42 @AnupamBJena @NEJM

[Anupam Jena @AnupamBJena]

Take 2 kids. One born in Aug & the other in Sept. In states with a Sept 1 cutoff for school entry, Aug-born kids are 35% more likely to be diagnosed AND medically treated for ADHD. Our study w/ @timothyjlayton @ml_barnett @tannerhicks42 in @NEJM

https://t.co/JZQ1fjfGu6

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[Michael L. Barnett @ml_barnett]

New work in @NEJM from @timothyjlayton myself and @AnupamBJena

[Nick HK @nickchk]

I've been getting used to gganimate and thought it would be useful to put together some illustrations of what various causal inference methods *actually do to data* and how they work. Here, for example, is what it means to control for a (binary) variable

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[Anupam Jena @AnupamBJena]

The Benefit of Having the Same Name as a Police Officer

Great working w/ @CassSunstein @tannerhicks42 on @nytimes piece that used speeding tix data to show that prob of getting a ‘mercy ticket’ increases if u have same name as officer that pulls u over

https://t.co/ouwbl56rRR

[Tanner Hicks @tannerhicks42]

@sacjai @AnupamBJena @CassSunstein And @tannerhicks42 😉

[Tanner Hicks @tannerhicks42]

@HannahLowry2 you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

$30,000: The cost to send a California student to UCLA

$75,000: The cost to send someone to prison in California

Maybe, just maybe, we should be investing in education rather than locking kids up.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Ahh, the enthusiasm of the recent convert to R. https://t.co/J4YUWLOMiL

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

Today in the Journal of Unsurprising Results https://t.co/IIJcR8V5nG

[Anupam Jena @AnupamBJena]

Is 'Vas Madness' real?

We find a 20-30% increase in vasectomies in a large privately insured population on the Wed & Thurs of March Madness week compared to identical days in surrounding 4 weeks. What better time to recuperate?

h/t @andrewolenski @tannerhicks42

[National School Walkout @schoolwalkoutUS]

So, what's our plan? On Friday, April 20th, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting we propose a National High School walk out. Don't attend school, wear orange and protest. Sign the petition on our page if you pledge to do so. #nationalwalkout #schoolwalkout

[Student Walkout 2018 @StudentWalkout]

70 other students and I are trying to arrange a #NationalStudentWalkout campaign to protest against gun violence in American schools and universities. Can you use your Twitter account help us spread the word? @TucsonStar

[Deniz #FCKC @MrFilmkritik]

Students across the nation should hold a national walk-out of school indefinitely until gun laws are changed. Adults can’t accomplish anything... maybe students can give this a try.

[Tanner Hicks @tannerhicks42]

@rlamartini @Doug_Bratman @dwramzimdmph @DrLindaMD https://t.co/rXmPaVp8Hw

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

One year ago today Hans Rosling died.
To remember him I want to share some links in this thread.

Of the many talks he gave, ’The magic washing machine’ is my favorite.
The quote explains the magic of the machine – laundry in, books out.

Here is his talk
https://t.co/zaYfToL5wB

[Jonathan Plucker @JonathanPlucker]

Rachael raises an important point: There is a lot of peer pressure among academics to make it sound like the worst, longest-hours job in the world. I've seen this again and again and again. That doesn't fit my experience at all. 1/x https://t.co/A56sLtkZWj

[Gregory Samanez-Larkin @GregoryRSL]

It doesn’t have to be this way for many of us. I rarely work more than 40 hrs/wk since grad school (when I worked way more hours). Ask @bradleyvoytek too. Not saying others are inefficient w time. I focus on fewer things bc a main goal is keeping life manageable. (1/n) https://t.co/iNYrylz3fI