Showing posts with label Statistics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Statistics. Show all posts
Monday, February 26, 2024

On Civillian Casualties In Urban Combat

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Quite a number of ignorant people are complaining and falsely alleging Israel is inflicting "genocide" in Gaza based on the civili...
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Thursday, November 10, 2022

Does Detroit Have More Registered Voters Than Population Actually Eligible To Vote?

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It certainty appears so. Per the City of Detroit Election Website , there were 508,535 Detroiters registered to vote for the 2022 election. ...
Monday, April 25, 2022

How To Mislead With Statistics - New England Journal Of Medicine And Firearms Edition

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You've probably seen the headlines today, echoed and repeated throughout the media along the lines of of: Firearms surpass motor vehicle...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

An Election Is Coming Up - So Let's Change Covid Reporting Methods

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In essence, the purpose of statistics is to accurately measure things.  It becomes rather hard to accurately measure a thing when you change...
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

So Are They Desperately Serious or Seriously Desperate To Keep A State Of Panic in Play?

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What's wrong with this headline from the The Detroit Free Press? COVID-19 hospitalizations in Michigan surge 800% in March among people ...
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Wednesday, December 02, 2020

Record New Covid Deaths In Michigan -- Or In Reality Not So Much

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Some statistical sleight of hand and misleading headlines to gin up further fear. The Detroit News: Michigan sets daily record for COVID-19 ...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Figures Lie and Liars Figure - Michigan COVID Numbers Edition

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You can't keep a state in crisis mode if the data shows the crisis is being alleviated.  So to fix that, you change how the figures are ...
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Thursday, February 15, 2018

So, About Those 18 "School Shootings" So Far In 2018

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So with the bodies still warm in Florida after the latest shooting by someone with known issues, we're again seeing a call for gun contr...
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Monday, June 09, 2014

How To Cry With Statistics - Safe Real Estate Edition

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Yet another feel good survey using a methodology so questionable that even the newspaper headline trumpeting it takes pains to point that ou...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Joe Wilson Needs To Take Back His Apology

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In yet another revelation of the Obama administration's mendacity.  Vodkapundit notes that even the unemployment statistics prior to ...
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Friday, June 01, 2012

Yes, It's The Economy Stupid

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And the Economy is not looking good... The Detroit Free Press: Dismal economic news: U.S. added just 69K jobs in May The U.S. economy sudde...