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  1. Mental Health Benefits of Hobbies: Why Every Student Needs One

    • Celina Madaschi
    Sep 01, 2024

    "Your university years as a young student are often said to be the best years of your life. Make the most of them, as you will never get that time bac...

  2. Graduation Traditions: Weird ways to end student-life

    • Kristian Ronningen
    Apr 13, 2024

    When I say graduation, what pops up in your head? One could say that you are at your academic peak. Now is the time to honour you as a knowledgeable p...

  3. Meet this year's active members!

    • Anissa El Mazouzi
    Jan 10, 2024

    In October, FAECTOR welcomed several new committees, whose members have already been busy contributing to the enjoyment of the vibrant community. Allo...

  4. Some student-life tips you don't hear every day

    • Kristian Ronningen
    Dec 27, 2023

    Thinking yet about how you are going to become a new improved version of yourself next year? Improvement doesn’t mean big changes, rather more about t...

  5. FAExchange - Interview with Lala

    • Floris De Vries
    Jul 04, 2023

    Perhaps you recognize the feeling of seeing someone after a long time. At first, you don't know what to expect. After a brief moment, the discomfort v...

  6. Business Trip: Seoul, South Korea.

    • Oliwer Wirkus
    • Anissa El Mazouzi
    Jun 12, 2023

    As it being ‘one of the greatest projects’ of FAECTOR, we simply had to write an article about it: the business trip. For this, we had an interview wi...

  7. Bizarre Spring Traditions from Around the Globe

    • Robert Alexandrou
    May 22, 2023

    The end of Winter and emergence of the Sun has symbolised arguably the most important period of the year, known as Spring, since the beginning of life...

  8. Human or AI

    • Floris De Vries
    • Anissa El Mazouzi
    Feb 27, 2023

    "Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art." This quote of Leonardo da Vinci looks universal but is made irrelevant by the inventi...

  9. How can we make the p-value intuitive? - A quest for knowledge and truth

    • Simon Benhaiem
    Feb 10, 2023

    Understanding what a p-value is lies at the heart of our existence. However precise the professor’s description is, no one can actually make sense of ...

  10. Estimator's winter top 5's

    • Gabriela Creţu
    • Simon Benhaiem
    • Oliwer Wirkus
    • Floris De Vries
    • Anissa El Mazouzi
    • Orestis Tziapouras
    • Daan Derksen
    Dec 25, 2022

    Daan: Top 5 winter clothes The number one will be the piece of clothing I resort to first, and you'll only see me in number five if polar bears are n...

  11. The World Cup winner: What does the data say?

    • Floris De Vries
    Dec 03, 2022

    The group stage of the World Cup in Qatar has come to an end. A lot of late goal deciders and unexpected results while the knockout phase has not even...

  12. Meet the Estimator!

    • Gabriela Creţu
    • Simon Benhaiem
    • Mikhail Muradov
    • Robert Alexandrou
    • Oliwer Wirkus
    • Floris De Vries
    • Anissa El Mazouzi
    • Orestis Tziapouras
    • Daan Derksen
    Nov 02, 2022

    Hey everyone, the time has come. I present you the Estimator Committee! Questions to be answered: Rich and famous or primary income and unknown?...

  13. FLASH CRASHES: a trader’s nightmare

    • Aaron Stefan Popa
    Oct 04, 2022

    The past fortnight has been highly eventful even by the standards of the 21st century hectic and globalized world. First and foremost, the United King...

  14. Female econometrician: “I am a strong, independent and identically distributed woman.”

    • Floris De Vries
    Aug 26, 2022

    Times are changing. But since the most recent feminist wave has passed, a rare kind of women secretly entered the public domain and should be taken in...

  15. TESTimator: Bars in Rotterdam (Stalles)

    • Arnau Duatis Tarradellas
    • Giedre Krotovaite
    May 31, 2022

    A couple of weeks ago, Estimator sent a skilled group of connoisseurs to café Stalles for a beer and whiskey tasting experience. (Full disclosure, we ...

  16. Paris: The Lighthouse of La Belle Époque

    • Aaron Stefan Popa
    May 12, 2022

    Paris, the city of love. The city of lights. A fashion capital of Europe. Paris does leave a vivid and lasting emotion to anyone that ever visits it, ...

  17. Amsterdam Coffee Festival: A Caffeine Addicts Glorious Resurrection

    • Lala AlAsadi
    May 03, 2022

    Back in early April, the estimator had the chance of indulging in what many would label as one too many cups of coffee. We embarked on the mission to ...

  18. Good Ways to Spend King's Day

    • Floris De Vries
    Apr 26, 2022

    While enjoying your well-deserved holiday, you need to be prepared for the Dutch national holiday, King’s day. Because most of the old traditions of K...

  19. What Does Your Bike Say About You?

    • Giedre Krotovaite
    Apr 11, 2022

    Spring has finally arrived, the sun is out and so are the bikes. If you are a student, 99% of you own a bike. But what does your bike say about you? H...

  20. Interview with Dr. Heij

    • Aaron Stefan Popa
    • Lala AlAsadi
    Apr 04, 2022

    It has been over one month since this year's final Econometrics 1 lecture. For years, the final lecture had been a notorious one for most students. Ma...

  21. Discover Your Next City Trip Destination

    • Begyum Akyol
    Mar 14, 2022

    “How can a city be like a fairy tale?” The answer to the question is hidden in the city of Brugge! A very romantic, extremely sweet and complete medie...

  22. Ghost Writing

    • Aaron Stefan Popa
    • Floris De Vries
    • Arnau Duatis Tarradellas
    • Begyum Akyol
    • Giedre Krotovaite
    • Orestis Tziapouras
    • Lala AlAsadi
    Mar 08, 2022

    As March is commonly known as the month of fresh starts with the arrival of spring right around the corner; we decided to commemorate this time of the...

  23. Less than 48 hours to salvage the 2022 Valentines! Come get your tips here

    • Begyum Akyol
    • Orestis Tziapouras
    Feb 12, 2022

    The pressure is on, only two days left until the dinner reservation shortage epidemic. Grab your phones and rapidly dial your partner’s favourite rest...

  24. Don't Look Up - A Review

    • Arnau Duatis Tarradellas
    Jan 26, 2022

    Think about any movie genre or trope, if it exists, Netflix has probably produced a movie or show about it. In these last few years we have come to ex...

  25. Writers on Holiday

    • Floris De Vries
    • André de Mots
    • Arnau Duatis Tarradellas
    • Giedre Krotovaite
    • Lala AlAsadi
    Dec 30, 2021

    The holidays are finally here and as the Estimator committee is scattered across the world, we thought it would be nice to detail our plans and differ...

  26. Watchables: Christmas Edition (Part 2)

    • Arnau Duatis Tarradellas
    • Aaron Stefan Popa
    • Floris De Vries
    • Giedre Krotovaite
    • Lala AlAsadi
    Dec 22, 2021

    With exams now finally over and another complete lockdown in place, what better way to kickstart the holiday season than a perfect Christmas movie? Th...

  27. Interview with Dr. Guido Imbens

    • Arnau Duatis Tarradellas
    • Giedre Krotovaite
    Dec 10, 2021

    Dr. Guido Imbens, a Dutch American econometrics professor at Stanford University is at the forefront of econometrics research, with his theories being...

  28. James Bond: Sign of The Times

    • Aaron Stefan Popa
    Dec 02, 2021

    Bond, James Bond. British spy. Cultural icon. License-to-kill for Queen and country. Quick-witted and sharp-dressed womanizer. Alcoholic with exquisit...

  29. A Crash Course on Sinterklaas

    • André de Mots
    • Giedre Krotovaite
    Nov 24, 2021

    Every year Sinterklaas and his ‘Pieten’ arrive in November at a harbor with the ‘pakjesboot’ (his Steamboat) all the way from Spain and head off on hi...

  30. Sportonometrics : Football

    • Floris De Vries
    Nov 15, 2021Sport

    Sportonometrics - A Series of Statistical Analysis on Sports  Do you know those people who first praise a player of their favorite team but only afte...