Of Significance

About Of Significance

Engaging, insightful, fun! Say hello to a fresh perspective on numbers with our hosts, Edgeworth Economics experts Dr. Steve Bronars, Dr. Nathan Woods, and Brent Butgereit, as they break down what’s happening in our current economic landscape and what they think about the figures that are important in our work and daily lives. Twentyish minutes of navigating the madness in the methods, every two weeks. We hope you walk away a bit better informed for your work, in your studies, or even at your next party.

Publisher

Edgeworth Economics

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jun 2024

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

61 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   60. Truthful Stats or Out and Out Liars!

   It’s the data analyst equivalent of Shark Week: it’s (potentially) Bad Study Week for Nathan, Steve, and Brent as they comb through some analyses that made them wonder what constitutes a “study”. Can an NFL anecdote and discussion count as a study? Does playing volleyball really shorten your lifespan? What does replicating previously published studies tell us about those findings? Join the team on this journey because they’ve never meta analysis they didn’t want to talk about!

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   59. There’s Never Been a Better Time to Not Get Laid Off

   Nathan and Brent take a look at some of the analyses performed by their co-host Steve Bronars. Are job layoffs less frequent than they were in the 1970s? Are college professors paid too much? Steve calculates, Nathan and Brent evaluate, and you decide!

3. 

   10 Sept 2026

   58. Crime and Punishment: The Stats Behind Troop Deployment

   A year has passed since the Trump Administration’s deployment of troops in DC and other cities in the country with the goal of reducing crime. The Center for American Progress recently released a study looking at this policy and so Brent, Nathan, and Steve looked at this study to see if there’s causation in the correlation and what further robustness checks are needed.

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• John Johnson
• Carol Ma
• Catia Twal
• Connor Moynihan
• Allan G King

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

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Social presence

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YouTube

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Engagement

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