ParentData with Emily Oster

Random Acts of Data with Dr. Anupam Jena

Jul 13, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Importance of Parenting

2min

Random Acts of Medicine

2min

How Randomness Influences Flu Vaccination

3min

The Effect of Birthdays on Kids' Flu Status

3min

The Effect of Birth Date on Immunity

4min

The Importance of Causality in Research

3min

Why Is There Not More Bapu Research?

2min

The Importance of Incentives in Journal Publishing

2min

10.

The Limits of Natural Experiments

3min

11.

The Importance of Correlational Data for Hypothesis Generation

2min

12.

The Effects of Exercise on Health

2min

13.

COVID-19: A Review

6min

I spoke with Dr. Anupam Jena, known as Bapu, who hosts the podcast Freakonomics, MD, about his new book, Random Acts of Medicine, written jointly with Dr. Christopher Worsham. The book is out this week, and after you listen here, I highly recommend you pick it up.

ParentData relaunched in September 2023. Please enjoy this episode of the earlier version of the podcast from our archives. You can read transcripts and listen to all of our episodes at parentdata.org/podcast.

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