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204 – Describing changes in percentages

30 January, 201229 January, 2012 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

Describing changes or differences in percentages can be perilous, particularly if the thing that is changing is itself a percentage. If you aren’t careful, you

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Agriculture, Behaviour, Latest

203 – Predicting adoption of new farming practices

17 January, 201230 June, 2017 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Predicting adoption of new practices by farmers is important for researchers, extension agents and policy makers. A new tool to assist with this difficult task

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Economics

202 – The cost of umbrellas

9 January, 2012 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Tom Waits has an excellent new album out called “Bad As Me”. It’s classic Tom, with rough, growly vocals delivering stories of wit, wisdom and

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Communication, Latest, Research

201 – Reasoning with probabilities

15 December, 201116 December, 2011 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

I’m reading a very interesting book called Reckoning With Risk: Learning to Live With Uncertainty by Gerd Gigerenzer (holiday reading). He is a psychologist who

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Communication

200 – Blog

28 November, 201126 December, 2011 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

This is Pannell Discussion number 200. To mark the occasion, I am finally responding to many requests from readers and converting the site to a

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Economics, Environment, Social issues, Water

199 – Three Gorges Dam

14 November, 201122 December, 2011 by David Pannell7 Min Reading

The Three Gorges Dam is an amazing construction, with major benefits for the Chinese people. However, like any large project, it also has large costs

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