Understanding reported changes in median income

This is the time of year when the Census Bureau releases data on the income and health in the United States. It is also a time when in the rush to tell the American people what is happening in the nation and in their own communities that the media gets the story very badly wrong. […]

Posted by Larry on September 19th, 2013 | 1 Comment Posted in Graphics Visualization, How to Lie with Statisics, Methodolgy Issues, The Media

Recession has further polarized families

Such was the title of a piece in the Washington Post on a report by Zhenchao Qian in the Department of Sociology of The Ohio State University titled: “Divergent Paths of American Families” The title was actually used in the print edition of the article. The online edition title was “Children suffer from growing economic […]

Posted by Larry on September 12th, 2013 | Comments Off on Recession has further polarized families Posted in Graphics Visualization, Methodolgy Issues, Statistical Literacy, The Media

Breastfeeding will………..

Two studies have been in the news recently touting the benefits of breastfeeding. The first linked breastfeeding to improved intelligence for the child. The second study claimed that the breastfeeding may reduce the risk for Alzheimer’s. The full paper on the link between IQ and breast feeding is not available online. However the abstract can […]

Posted by Larry on August 7th, 2013 | Comments Off on Breastfeeding will……….. Posted in Data Quality, Methodolgy Issues, Publication Bias, The Media
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