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A few links for weekend reading that may or may not have anything to do with operations research:

• The University of Iowa’s enrollment forecasting algorithm was not accurate this year
• The limits of policy analysis: Megan McArdle’s take on being humble when making forecasts and predictions.
• xkcd on university web sites: what they have vs. what people are looking for
• Was there a Canseco effect?:  A Sabermetrics analysis
• Hell no, I 80% won’t pay for twitter!: Roger Ebert’s twitter survey results