Uninformative Analysis – How useful is the Washington Metro?

Combine a poorly designed question with a poor analysis and what to you get? Last week the Washington Post conducted a survey on the Washington area Metro asking questions about attitudes and reasons for not using the system. A piece of the graphic they used to display the data is posted on the right. The […]

“Top 5 world worst problems”

I noticed today on the CNN homepage a link titled “Top 5 world worst problems.” Curious I went to the link. It turns out that reporter John Sutter as part of his new Change the List project is asking for input on subjects he should cover. The concept is to “push for progress in places […]

The Wealthy get Wealthier

The headlines this week read “Richest are getting richer.” This was based on the report from the Pew Research Center which in turn used on data on wealth released by the Census Bureau from the Survey of Income and Program Participation(SIPP). The report from the Pew Research Center was titled: An Uneven Recovery, 2009-2011 – […]

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