Showing posts with label statistics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label statistics. Show all posts
Monday, November 2, 2026

More on the Difficulty of Polling the 2026 Election

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Many posts have discussed pollsters' challenges , including the plunge in response rates .  This year, the challenges are even greate...
Sunday, October 25, 2026

Measles 2026

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Many posts have discussed myths and misinformation . Among the most notorious peddlers of misinformation is the Secretary of Health an...
Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Rose Research, Fall 2026

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Watch this clip from The Wire . It is the best description of research, ever. The big stuff: Beware hallucinations and incomplete answers. A...
Monday, October 5, 2026

Killing Off Disability Data

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"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street...
Friday, September 25, 2026

Funny Numbers from the Census

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"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026

California Poverty

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A number of posts have dealt with poverty . According to the most accurate measure, California does poorly.  From the Census: The national...
Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Mistrust of Government Information

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"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street...
Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Research Fall 2026

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  Watch this clip from The Wire .   It is the best description of research, ever. Interview tips from UNR Harvard Hardcopy souces Library o...

Immigrant Truck Drivers and Context

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  Many posts have discussed immigration . Erkki Forster at The Daily Beast : Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was basking in the spot...
Saturday, August 15, 2026

Deleting Data -- Update

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"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Polling Averages

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Many posts have discussed the problems of surveying public opinion in the 21st century . At Strength in Numbers, G. Elliott Morris disc...
Monday, June 8, 2026

Religion, Well-Being, and the State of the States

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Many posts have discusse d federalism . The State of the States Report of the State of the Nation Project has valuable data on states.   ...
Saturday, June 6, 2026

AI Is Fallible -- Very Fallible

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Artificial intelligence is an increasingly important topic in politics , policy , and law . It is better than a couple of years ago -- b...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

Spending, Taxes, and Deficits: A Book of Charts from Brookings

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Many posts  have  discussed  federal  deficits  and the  federal debt . Jessica Riedl at Brookings : Debates over federal taxes, spending, a...
Friday, April 24, 2026

Threats to Econ Stats

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A  number  of  posts  have  discussed   presidential documents ,  official dat a,  and   government websites . David S. Johnson at Brookings...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Leftward Trend in Social Science Research?

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Many   posts  have  discussed  the  politics  of  colleges  and  universities  in the  United States . Manzi, J. The ideological orientation...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Goodbye, CIA World Factbook

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"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street...
Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Disappearing Data

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"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street...