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Siwei Cheng

@siweicheng.bsky.social

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Sociologist at New York University. Personal Website: siwei-cheng.github.io

Siwei Cheng @siweicheng.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Yes we have data on segregation of informal interactions at 18 conferences, but right now our data doesn’t cover APSA data (we do cover major econ and soc conferences). Actually, if anyone at APSA this week is interested in contributing to our data, please email me now and it’s not too late!!

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Siwei Cheng @siweicheng.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

In anticipation of Pi Day, I used Claude Code to create fun math visualizations for my kid (and myself!). Here’s Buffon’s Needle for estimating \pi. Enjoy!

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Siwei Cheng @siweicheng.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

We hope to see you in NYC!

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Siwei Cheng @siweicheng.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

We can’t wait to welcome everyone to next year’s RC28 Summer Meeting at NYU in August! @mikehoutnyu.bsky.social

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Siwei Cheng @siweicheng.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

With the Fall 2026 NYC Kindergarten Application now open, I'm reposting a web app we developed a year ago to simulate a child’s admission probability at a target school based on the DOE hexadecimal random number, # of applicants, and the # of non-sibling seats: siwei-cheng.github.io/NYC_kinderga...

siwei-cheng.github.io

NYC K Admission Simulator

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Siwei Cheng @siweicheng.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Congrats!!

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Siwei Cheng @siweicheng.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Thanksgiving weekend sketches.

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Siwei Cheng @siweicheng.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

My 5-yo kid crosses out every hypothesis that he believes to be wrong in his book. I only wish I had that kind of boldness in my own work.

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Siwei Cheng @siweicheng.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Agreed. I think ESL presents a good transition from classic statistical methods to more recent computational methods.

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Siwei Cheng @siweicheng.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Yes, thanks for noting that! That’s such a fantastic paper and in my view should be added to every reading list on strat, occupations, culture, text analysis, and computational methods.

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Siwei Cheng @siweicheng.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

"Make sure to back up your files."

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Siwei Cheng @siweicheng.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

If by "computational" you mean quant methods that leverage computational advances, I recommend a hidden gem - "Computer Age Statistical Inference" by Efron & Hastie. I'm also teaching basic chapters from "The Elements of Statistical Learning" (Hastie et al) in my grad-level advanced methods class.

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