Deception on the Campaign Trail

Romney, Wilmington Delaware, April 10, 2012: “Do you know how many women – what percent of the job losses were women? 92.3 percent of the job losses during the Obama years has been women who’ve lost those jobs. The real war on women has been the job losses as a result of the Obama economy,” […]

Posted by Larry on April 16th, 2012 | 1 Comment Posted in Graphics Visualization, How to Lie with Statisics, Methodolgy Issues

Tax Day – Auto Fatalities – Give Me a Break

The numbers the media cites are wrong the claimed effect is trivial, so why is this news? Since United States tax returns must be filed by next Tuesday there was the inevitable story this week linking an increased risk a dying in an auto accident to tax day. The source was a “Research Letter” in […]

Posted by Larry on April 14th, 2012 | Comments Off on Tax Day – Auto Fatalities – Give Me a Break Posted in Methodolgy Issues, Small Differences

Presenting Results – Washington Post Opinion Survey

In today’s edition of the Washington Post there was an article “Obama holds clear lead over Romney” which presented results from a recent opinion survey on the current view of the public towards the two candidates. I want to focus on a small piece of how the results were presented. Below is a scanned image […]

Posted by Larry on April 10th, 2012 | Comments Off on Presenting Results – Washington Post Opinion Survey Posted in Graphics Visualization, Methodolgy Issues
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