Fast food, wages, and government subsidies

Last week the report titled: Fast Food, Poverty Wages – The Public cost of low-wage Jobs in the fast-food industry by Sylvia Allegretto, Marc Doussard, Dave Graham-Squire, Ken Jacobs, Dan Thompson and Jeremy Thompson was released. The report comes out of the University of Illinois and the University of California Berkley Labor Center. The report […]

Posted by Larry on October 22nd, 2013 | 1 Comment Posted in Methodolgy Issues, Statistical Literacy, Telling the Full Story, The Media, Where's the Data?

The government shutdown, the Republicans, and the polls

Most media sources are saying that the Republicans are taking a real beating from the public on the current government shutdown. The Washington Post story utilized the graphic at the right to illustrate the situation. They like many in the media have focused on the disapproval number – telling us how many disagree with either […]

Posted by Larry on October 15th, 2013 | Comments Off on The government shutdown, the Republicans, and the polls Posted in Telling the Full Story, The Media

Parity in the NFL

I sometimes wonder it editors read the stories they publish. I sometimes wonder if writers even think for a few minutes about the data they use when they write their stories. This morning I was greeted with the headline*: Five of the six NFC playoff clubs from a year ago are under .500. Parity reigns, […]

Posted by Larry on September 25th, 2013 | Comments Off on Parity in the NFL Posted in Methodolgy Issues, Statistical Literacy, The Media
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