Who pays the most taxes? A worthless graphic

I spotted this graphic over at CNN tonight. But they don’t get the real credit as it came from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The full CNN article is here, and the interactive graphic is here. It is hard to imagine how to construct a less informative graphic to compare tax rates around […]

Posted by Larry on May 2nd, 2014 | Comments Off on Who pays the most taxes? A worthless graphic Posted in Data Quality, Don't Use the Mean, Graphics Visualization, How to Lie with Statisics, Methodolgy Issues, Statistical Literacy, The Media

Fish oil and prostate cancer

A week or so ago the media was telling us about a new study linking omega-3 and prostate cancer. The local news folks were suggesting that we might all want to do without those fish oil capsules. The story on CCN was headlined: Hold the salmon: omega-3 fatty acids linked to higher risk of cancer. […]

Posted by Larry on July 22nd, 2013 | 1 Comment Posted in Data Quality, Don't Use the Mean, Statistical Literacy, The Media

Are you better off now?

In the current political campaigns the issue of how are you doing now as compared to when Obama took office has become a recurring question. But how does one answer the question. By its very nature it is a very personal question. It does not ask is the nation better off? It does not ask […]

Posted by Larry on September 8th, 2012 | Comments Off on Are you better off now? Posted in Don't Use the Mean, How to Lie with Statisics, Methodolgy Issues, Telling the Full Story
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