Settled science, climate change and Charles Krauthammer

This past Friday the Washington Post published an opinion piece by Charles Krauthammer titled “The myth of ‘settle science.’” In it Krauthammer takes the position the he is neither a global warming believer nor a global warming denier. But then he spend almost the entire piece attacking claims of global warming. Perhaps he feels that […]

Posted by Larry on February 23rd, 2014 | 2 Comments Posted in Data Quality, Methodolgy Issues, Statistical Literacy, Telling the Full Story, The Media

How not to present data on natural disasters

As part of the course on energy and climate change that I’m working through on Coursera we were referred to a site listing a summary of natural disasters. Knowing the number, type and frequency of various types of natural disasters is very useful information especially when thinking about what impact climate change may have on […]

Posted by Larry on February 19th, 2014 | Comments Off on How not to present data on natural disasters Posted in Data Quality, Methodolgy Issues, Statistical Literacy

Poor survey question caught by the media

I love it when the non-statisticians in the media catch a statistical error. I spotted this piece in the Washington Post by the guy who does the traffic reporting – Dr. Gridlock. The piece was actually on upcoming local hearings on the proposed fare increases for the Washington metro area Metro. The problem was in […]

Posted by Larry on January 27th, 2014 | 2 Comments Posted in Methodolgy Issues, The Media
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