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US Crime Rate Falling, Despite Recession

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 12.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Murder, Baby Boomers, Statistics, Unemployment, Robberies, Crime, Murder Rate, Arson, Crime Rate, Theft, 2009, Recession, Home News

WASHINGTON – High unemployment. More folks on food stamps. Fewer owning their homes. Yet for all the signs of recession, something is missing: M...

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Nate Silver: Progressives Are Crazy to Oppose the Senate Health Care Bill

Fivethirtyeight.com | Nate Silver | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: House, Nate Silver, Lieberman, Senate, Statistics, Senate Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform, Darcy Burner, Joe Lieberman, Health Care, Politics News

I understand that most of the liberal skepticism over the Senate bill is well intentioned. But it has become way, way off the mark. Where do you think...

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Children Of Illegal Immigrants Twice As Likely As Other Kids To Be Poor

Washington Post | N.C. Aizenman | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Literacy, Language, Education, Statistics, Poverty, Kids, Children, Public School, Income Gap, Illegal Immigration, Social Services, Immigration, Health Care, Politics News

Of all the disadvantages that U.S.-born children of Hispanic immigrants might confront, none is more significant than being raised by parents who are ...

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Porshe Sales Jump 18 Percent

AP | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

Read More: North America, Car Sales, Numbers, Statistics, Sales, Luxury Car Sales, Porsche Cars North America, Porshe Sales, Porshe, Detroit, Luxury Cars, Porsche Cayman, Monthly Sales, Cars, Business News

NEW YORK - Porsche Cars North America Inc. said Tuesday that its November sales increased 18 percent compared to the same month last year on stronger ...

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Study: Childhood Cancer Survivors Less Likely To Marry

Reuters | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer Survivors, Marriage, Cancer Epidemiology, Statistics, Wed, Sociology, Health, Hormone Deficiencies, Hormones, Childhood Cancer, Children Cancer, Kids With Cancer, Biomarkers, Living News

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- The scars of childhood cancer may go beyond the physical: Adults who survived cancer as children may have lower-than-aver...

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The Statistics Of The Great Recession

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Economy, Home Sales, Recession, Debt, Personal Savings Rate, The Fed, Unemployment Rate, Barack Obama, Numbers, Statistics, Stock Gains, Stock Losses, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Peronal Debt, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Business News

NEW YORK — A year ago this weekend, the Dow Jones industrial average had just finished a slow-motion crash. Over eight days, it fell 2,400 point...

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Don't Squander® That Opportunity

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 10.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Northeastern University School of Law, Ron Darling, Fernando Valenzuela, Statistics, Baseball, Bill James, Squander, Dwight Gooden, Entertainment News
Roger I. Abrams

My colleague has designed a new team statistic called "the squander®," the offensive team's statistical equivalent of a pitcher's "blown save."

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Census: 150,000 Gay Marriages Reported

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, Statistics, Homosexual, Lesbian, Partners, Gay Adoption, Civil Unions, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Weddings, Families, Demographics, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriage relationships last year, many more than the number of actual weddings an...

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Life Span Of African-Americans In New Orleans Rivals North Korea's

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Statistics, America, Katrina, Race, American Human Development Project, Louisiana, Life Expectancy Statistics, Hurricane Katrina, Life Expectancy, African-Americans, North Korea, Human Development Project Louisiana, Politics News

The average life span for African-Americans living in New Orleans is nearly as low as average life expectancy in North Korea, according to A Portrait ...

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Measuring Measurements: Rising GDP in the Great Recession

Harry Moroz | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Statistics, Free Market, Harper's, Gdp, Ayn Rand, Economy, Economic Recession, Recession, Business News
Harry Moroz

It is so easy in our current political environment to forget that GDP, the unemployment rate, the income tax burden -- a whole slew of measurements -- are freighted with judgments.

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Isn't Adequate Healthcare a Moral Issue?

Byron Williams | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home

Read More: California, Type 2 Diabetes, Statistics, Blindness, Moral Issues, Homosexuality, Uninsured, Barack Obama, Amputations, Ethics, Same Sex Marriage, Health Care Reform, Morality, Diabetes, Health Care, African-Americans, Gay Marriage, Kidney Disease, Home News
Byron Williams

Why don't we see the same fervor -- particularly emanating from the churches that seek to block gay marriage -- transferred, at least temporarily, to the 47 million Americans who must go without health care?

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Jackson Wasn't Normal. So what?

David Berreby | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Science, Statistics, Normalcy, Entertainment News
David Berreby

This prejudice in favor of the typical is on full display this week, as the world reacts to the death of Michael Jackson.

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Five Reasons Why The Iranian Pre-Election Poll Can't Be Trusted

David Moore | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Poll, Protest Demonstration, 2009 Election, Iran Elections, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Statistics, Polling, Iran Protests, Opinion Polling, Iranian Election, World News
David Moore

If we can believe the poll, and the authors' arguments, it's plausible that Ahmadinejad did in fact win the election with more than 60 percent of the vote. But don't be fooled.

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Gov Stats Overly Rosy? Some Say Unemployment Is Actually 20%

smartmoney.com | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Gdp, Unemployment, Economic Indicators, Statistics, Economy, Economic Statistics, Gross Domestic Product, Business News

Today Williams runs Shadow Government Statistics (ShadowStats.com) from his home. For $175 a year subscribers get economic data and analysis adjusted ...

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The Unknowable Lightness of Being

Zachary Karabell | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Fed Minutes, Federal Reserve, U.S. Economy, Unemployment, Statistics, Gdp, Economic Predictors, Economic Predictions, Business News
Zachary Karabell

The consensus about the future, based on predictions that have never been right in the past, is for anemic economic activity through the fall and then fairly decent into next year with still high unemployment.

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On Education, the Obama Administration Veers Off Course

Gerald Bracey | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Obama, Statistics, Duncan, Assumptions, Data, Misinterpretation, US Education, Obama Education, Naep, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

How can the Obama administration get it right in education when its data are all wrong and its assumptions about its faulty data are flawed?

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Time Magazine Hacked, Proving Unreliability Of Online Polls

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Polls, 4chan.Org, Time, Statistics, Carrie, Moot, Most Influential Person, Obama's First 100 Days, Poll, East Village Radio, Time Magazine, TJ and the Tux, Influential, Polling, Online Polls, Chris Weigant, mARBLECAKE ALSO the GAME, EastVillageRadio.Com, World's Most Influential Person, Evr, Media News
Chris Weigant

The folks responsible are overjoyed that their ballot-stuffing was so successful. They will tell you -- in full technical detail -- how they accomplished the feat.

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Homelessness By The Numbers

Christine Schanes | Posted 05.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Children Helping Poor and Homeless People, Statistics, Poverty, Homelessness, The Giving Life, Living News
Christine Schanes

Raise your hand if you've ever seen a person who you thought was homeless. I can see that all hands are up! I'll be 61 years old this week ...

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A Surprise In Obama's Poll Numbers

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Demographic, Statistics, President Obama, Pollster.com, Rating, Obama, Poll, Disapproval, Undecided, Public, Approval Rating, Barack Obama, Likely Voters, Bush, Nate Silver, Approval, Opinion Poll, Obama Poll Numbers, Chris Weigant, fivethirtyeight.com, Registered Voters, Ratings, Mark Blumenthal, Undecided Voters, Blumenthal, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Rather than looking at the overall picture of how Obama's doing in the polls, I have been noticing something interesting which I don't believe others have picked up on.

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Enforcement Only Policies and no Immigration Reform, Could Prove Costly

Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, Undocumented Immigrants, Hilda Solis, 2010 Elections, Immigration Policy, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Napolitano Dhs, Immigration Reform, Statistics, Politics News
Hector E. Sanchez

We cannot have a systemic demand for exploitable cheap labor and continue to ignore their basic rights when they are here.

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Black AIDS Day

Gloria Reuben | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Whites, Latinos, Poverty, Statistics, US Poverty, National Black Aids Awareness Day, Siecus, AIDs Epidemic, Hiv, Race, Barack Obama, Sex Education, HIV/AIDS, Black People, Education, AIDS Awareness, Blacks, Caucasians, Health, Disease, Sex, Poverty and Health, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African-Americans, African Americans, Antiretroviral Drugs, Politics News
Gloria Reuben

We must turn a critical eye inward, and face the fact that HIV/AIDS has reached crisis levels among the Black population of the US. The statistics are startling.

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A Statistical Guide to Hiring a New Coach

Tom Roberge | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sports, Statistics, National Football League, Nfl, Joe Gibbs Racing, Football, Nascar, Seattle, Dennis Erickson, Miami, Coaching, Entertainment News
Tom Roberge

Ten NFL teams will employ different head coaches at the beginning of the 2009 season than they did at the beginning of the 2008 season

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Lies, Damn Lies and Drug Statistics: Treatment Version

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Minnesota Teen Challenge, Addiction, Drug Treatment, Statistics, Teen Challenge, Rehab, Living News
Maia Szalavitz

When Minnesota Teen Challenge responded to my recent blog entry about their anti-drug program, they cited a "study" to back their claims. What this paper actually shows is how easy it is produce good looking numbers.

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Put the Statistics Down

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Casualties, Statistics, Adult ADHD, Adult ADD, Adhd, Add, News Media, Iraq, Alaska, Pit Bull, Lipstick, Baseball, Media News
Michael B. Laskoff

The media serves up and Americans consume ever greater amounts of data daily. All this information seems terribly precise, but it doesn't do anything to shed light on pressing issues.

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For VP Choice -- Majority of Women Voters Say Gender Does Not Matter

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Breaking Political News, Governor of Alaska, Vice-President, John McCain, Statistics, Hillary Supporters, Lifetime Poll, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sarah Palin, Mccain's Vice President, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, McCain Palin, Mccain Palin Ticket, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

Ironically, the statistics gathered showed that selecting a woman for the number two position would result in a net negative for McCain.

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