Death and the Emerald Ash Borer

In January of this year the US Forest Service published a paper titled: “The Relationship Between Trees and Human Health” in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The paper reported on an association between deaths from from heart disease and lower respiratory track disease and deforestation caused by the Emerald Ash Borer. The authors go […]

Posted by Larry on June 11th, 2013 | Comments Off on Death and the Emerald Ash Borer Posted in Methodolgy Issues

When a forcast is not a forcast

The National Weather Service, using data provided by the US Geological Survey, posts on the web data and forecasts for many rivers in the United State. Earlier this year I was looking at the forecasts for the river levels at St. Louis on the Mississippi River. The current forecast can be found here. The problem […]

Posted by Larry on May 30th, 2013 | 3 Comments Posted in Graphics Visualization, Methodolgy Issues

The Wealthy get Wealthier – Looking Deeper

After my last post I got to asking myself what should I see in the table in the Pew Research Center report on mean net worth. Specifically I was looking at the table on the right and asking what to expect for the percent change in mean net worth for those with a net worth […]

Posted by Larry on April 28th, 2013 | Comments Off on The Wealthy get Wealthier – Looking Deeper Posted in Methodolgy Issues
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