October 24, 2023
Today's episode of "Can you Believe the Arena-Entertainment District Hype?" True story from yesterday.
Student: Professor, I want to do a project on the big Impact the SEC is going to have on Norman.
Me: Where did you get your info about the SEC boom effect?
Student: News, sports shows, social media...
Me: Did anyone document the effect by looking at the data?
Student: Well no.
Me (showing graph below): Take a look at these graphs on population in SEC cities vs. Norman what do you see?
Student (surprised and confused look): There isn't an effect.
Lesson: Just because folks say something is true, doesn't make it so. That is where research and data-driven analysis are valuable.
PS This student is going to do some of his own research to test the hypothesis. Stay tuned.
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