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

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
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