This is what you get when election results over the voting period produce an R-squared of .998.
More here and here. Tweets here.
UPDATE: It seems that the plot of vote-share over official election announcements is not very convincing. However, the official results apparently show landslide victories for Ahmadenijad in every province and urban and rural regions. This is very unlikely. More reasons to suspect fraud here.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Skills
The past few days my routine has been to meet with the field teams in the morning and then work on my own stuff during the day. It's necessary because this week is finals week at UW and I have some assignments due. I am working in the data entry room, where my two Data Typists are entering the first week's completed questionnaires. That works out nicely because I can see problems on the questionnaires (i.e. Field Worker mistakes) plus any bugs in our data entry system in real time.
I came here with little experience using Microsoft SQL Server and no experience using CSPro, the US Census software that we have adapted for our project. I'm a bit proud of myself right now because I've been able to change our system from the server, revising the data entry front end for the DTs and manipulating data when needed.
Essentially I've been called upon to do things I wasn't very confident about, and it has turned out well (so far). I think this sort of practical experience could be really useful when I start up my own projects that include a data collection phase.
\end boastful post
I came here with little experience using Microsoft SQL Server and no experience using CSPro, the US Census software that we have adapted for our project. I'm a bit proud of myself right now because I've been able to change our system from the server, revising the data entry front end for the DTs and manipulating data when needed.
Essentially I've been called upon to do things I wasn't very confident about, and it has turned out well (so far). I think this sort of practical experience could be really useful when I start up my own projects that include a data collection phase.
\end boastful post
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Vocabulary lesson, or how not to spell Shangaan words
Just in case you ever meet a someone from this area, you should memorize this easy and friendly exchange:
"Avuxeni"
"Aii-ay. Khunjam?"
"Fukwile. Min jahne?"
"I kona."
I'm sure I have not spelled these words correctly. The basic translation:
"Good morning."
"Aii-ay (don't know what this means, you just say it). How are you?"
"I'm happy. How is it?"
"Fine."
Plus a bonus word I learned due to our current weather.
"Shaburi" means it will rain.
"Avuxeni"
"Aii-ay. Khunjam?"
"Fukwile. Min jahne?"
"I kona."
I'm sure I have not spelled these words correctly. The basic translation:
"Good morning."
"Aii-ay (don't know what this means, you just say it). How are you?"
"I'm happy. How is it?"
"Fine."
Plus a bonus word I learned due to our current weather.
"Shaburi" means it will rain.
Unrelated to Africa...
NPR Picture Show has some cool photos of the Michigan Central Station. I got to see this place from the outside during PAA in Detroit.
It was really remarkable to see a big building sitting on a hill by the riverside, but looking straight through it to Canada on the other side of the water. The architecture in Detroit is really interesting, as it was built with all that auto money back in the 1920s. Now there just aren't enough people living there to sustain that city.
It was really remarkable to see a big building sitting on a hill by the riverside, but looking straight through it to Canada on the other side of the water. The architecture in Detroit is really interesting, as it was built with all that auto money back in the 1920s. Now there just aren't enough people living there to sustain that city.
