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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsNews ReleasesScience for Peace Opposes Cancellation of the Long-Form Census2010-07-23 Science for Peace The decision to cancel the long-form census represents an attack on evidence-based research and is undemocratic. Science for Peace urges the government to reverse the decision. Sources welcomes Steven Goldhar, President and Founder of Sundance Media Inc.2009-08-04 Steven Goldhar, President and Founder of Sundance Media Inc. Sources welcomes a new member, Steven Goldhar, President and Founder of Sundance Media Inc. Sources Select ResourcesAnd More Fraud Is in the Works Virtual Economy's Phantom Job Gains are Based on Statistical Fraud Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2014 Counterpunch Washington can't stop lying. Don't be convinced by a recent job report that it is your fault if you don't have a job. Those 288,000 jobs and 6.1% unemployment rate are more fiction than reality. Cluster Analysis (in Marketing)Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article A class of statistical techniques that can be applied to data that exhibit 'natural' groupings. Cluster analysis sorts through the raw data and groups them into clusters. Let's Just PretendWe Didn’t Offshore Manufacturing? Beachy, Ben Article 2014 Counterpunch Is an iPhone made in China and exported to Europe a U.S. export? Is an Apple executive a manufacturing worker? Yes, and yes. At least those could become the answers if a new proposal afoot among some ... Lies, damned lies, and energy statistics - why nuclear is so much less than it claims to beCrumpton, Neil Article 2015 The Ecologist It's odd how often the contribution of nuclear energy is overstated by mixing up 'energy' and 'electricity', while a similar trick understates the importance of renewables like wind and solar. Even od... Science for Peace Opposes Cancellation of the Long-Form CensusSources News Release Article 2010 Science for Peace The decision to cancel the long-form census represents an attack on evidence-based research and is undemocratic. Science for Peace urges the government to reverse the decision. Shadow Government StatisticsAnalysis Behind and Beyond Government Economic Reporting Williams, John Website Exposes and analyzes flaws in current U.S. government economic data and reporting, as well as in certain private-sector numbers, and provides an assessment of underlying economic and financial conditi... The uncounted: why the US can't keep track of people killed by policeMcCarthy, Tom Article 2015 The Guardian After a year of high-profile police killings, calls for a national database have gained traction. But how would that work? Tom McCarthy investigates the challenges for law enforcement and government o... Virtual Economy's Phantom Job Gains are Based on Statistical FraudAnd More Fraud Is in the Works Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2014 Counterpunch Washington can't stop lying. Reports of job gains are more fiction than reality. Sources BookshelfBeautiful EvidenceTufte, Edward Book How to produce and consume evidence presentations. How seeing turns into showing, empirical observations turn into explanation and evidence. The Cult of Statistical SignificanceHow the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives Ziliak, Stephen T.; McCloskey, Deirdre N. Book 2008 An analysis of how modern testing has fixed on statistical significance as the benchmark of significance, often to the detriment of the relevant significance. Basically, statistical significance focus... A Short Course in Intellectual Self-DefenseFind Your Inner Chomsky Baillargeon, Normand Book 2005 What must a citizen in a democracy know to make the word democracy meaningful? Baillargeon provides readers with the tools to see through everyday spin and jargon -- from politics to advertising, from... Telling the TruthSocialist Register 2006 Panitch, Leo; Keys, Colin (eds.) Book 2005 A collection of essays that examines the difficulties of illuminating the degenerative and secretive nature of public life. The Visual Evidence of Quantitive InformationTufte, Edward Book A classic book on statistical charts, graphs, and tables. Visual ExplanationsImages and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative Tufte, Edward Book About pictures of verbs, the representation of mechanism and motion, process and dynamics, causes and effects, explanation and narrative. Shadow Government StatisticsAn electronic newsletter service that exposes and analyzes flaws in current U.S. government economic data and reporting, as well as in certain private-sector numbers, and provides an assessment of und... Government Ministries & AgenciesIndustry CanadaIndustry Canada's mission is to foster a growing, competitive, and innovative knowledge-based Canadian economy that provides more and better jobs for Canadians; supports stronger, sustainable business... Statistics CanadaCanada's central statistical agency. |
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