S8E05 Probability and Odds: What's the Vig?

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   S8 · E4 · 29 Sep 2026 · 44 min

   S8E04 The Curriculum Vitae Roadshow

   In this week's episode Patrick and Greg have a somewhat circuitous conversation about the academic curriculum vitae across the professional lifespan: what it is, why we have it, and what kinds of things may or may not go on it. Along the way they also discuss Antiques Roadshow, Duolingo streaks, Oscar, Greg's front door, Teddy Roosevelt, sarcastic Spanish, Coors Light as a religion, the doodad drawer, riptide warning flags, flaming trash dumpsters, a middle seat on Southwest Airlines, you got...

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   S8 · E3 · 22 Sep 2026 · 45 min

   S8E03 Control Yourself: A Conversation With Paul Allison

   In this week's episode Greg and Patrick are honored to have a discussion with Paul Allison who is a sociologist and a titan in the field of quantitative methodology. Although they could talk with Paul about a dozen different topics, they narrow it down to his seminal work in longitudinal fixed effects models. Along the way they also discuss ren fairs, frilly shirts, turkey legs, drama kids, shiny beans, psychohistory, not having command of Eigenvalues, the world's shortest abstract, Yal...

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   S8 · E2 · 8 Sep 2026 · 38 min

   S8E02 Lost in Standardization

   In this week's episode Greg and Patrick have a loosely organized discussion about metrics, including the pros and cons of raw versus standardized scales and the advantages of having multiple metrics for the same effect. Along the way they also discuss the Odyssey, Dulles airport, driving in Canada, Smitty's corpse, friends in low places, two minute warnings, He's Not Here, Carolina basketball, fixing it in post, buying firewood, Salzburg vs. Munich, 440 megahertz, Space Force, four middle sch...

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   S8 · E1 · 1 Sep 2026 · 46 min

   S8E01 The True Crimes of Null Hypothesis Significance Testing

   In this first episode of Season 8, Greg and Patrick decide it is deeply unfair that the podcast has not grown popular enough for them to buy their own Quantitude jet. They thus decide to make it a true crime podcast and dedicate the episode to revisiting the crimes and punishment of Null Hypothesis Significance Testing. They plagiarize other true crime podcasts to delve into the case and determine if justice was served. Stay in contact with Quantitude! Web page: quantitudepod.orgTwitter...

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   S7 · E24 · 30 Jun 2026 · 39 min

   S7E24 The Seven Questions of Quantitude (Plus or Minus Two)

   In this week's episode Greg and Patrick revisit their earlier promise of creating seven questions that will help you use your Quantitude to annoy the people you love. Having broken their promise, they are free to propose nine questions for which they seek a mnemonic device that does not include an acronym. Along the way they discuss relationship mandates, mildly inebriated brothers, hypoxic voice memos, fish vs. ice cubes, Smitty's corpse, talking to houseplants, statistical baggage, Henry V,...