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Posts Tagged ‘statistics’
Phony Statistics
Need some salt?
LWJ: Iraq by the Numbers
The Long War Journal blog posts “Iraq by the Numbers; Graphing the Decrease in Violence“.
Better than…
The Internet — It’s “better than sex.”
More Than Numbers…
Another perspective on the many Americans who have died in war fighting for America. Note: This chart shows only the deaths for those fighting on the Union side in the Civil War; the Confederacy suffered losses of 364,821. Sources: George Mason University’s History News Network: How Many American Troops Have Died in War? DefenseLink.mil: casualty.pdf [...]
Links for May 9, 2007
One link for today. Are You Statisfied? — Show you latest visitor on a Google map in real time. Here’s the blogan map. I imagine this would be even more exciting for those who get more hits. ;-)
Bill Clinton: Worldwide Famine and Obesity
Former President Bill Clinton said Friday that disasters such as worldwide famine and an obesity epidemic could destroy the U.S. health care system unless politicians begin to look ahead and cooperate. (Source.) It brings to mind the joke about the statistician with one hand on the hot burner and the other in the icebox: “On [...]
Gapminder – Answering Questions You Never Thought to Ask
Have you ever wanted to see a chart showing how carbon dioxide emissions, internet users per 1000 people, and phone users per 1000 people have interacted over the past 30 years? Go ahead, raise your hand. It kept you awake last night. Okay, so maybe that’s not the best example. How about charting child mortality [...]
Lancet Study Questions, Again
More questions on the Lancet study that estimated 650,000 deaths from the Iraq War.
Chimps and weapons
Is it safe to point out that toolspear-wielding killer chimpanzees are largely female? Via ACW.
