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This graph (from Semafor) has circulated a lot on social media It shows an incredible drop in tourist visits to the US this year. Literally incredible (literally literally). Kieran...
In a famous (to readers of this blog) example of statistical error, a researcher reported that beautiful parents were 36% more likely to have girl babies. The saps at Freakonomics...
The most-quoted AI agent statistics count intent, and real use in any single department is no more than 10 percent, finds a source-checked analysis by bdautomated 75 figures from 1...
I just read the Pew Research Center’s new report “No Easy Fix for Bogus Respondents in Online Opt-In Polls”. It begins: One of the most urgent problems in online opt-in polling is...
Behind the surge in EPFO numbers lies an uncomfortable question: is Delhi measuring new jobs or merely recording existing workers differently?
by Joanna Williams on Substack A review of Sex, Lies and Statistics by Alice Sullivan Whether it’s counting the entire population or planning changes to the local swimming pool, se...
Too often, the result is widespread exaggeration, dodgy methods, and miscommunication.
Frequentist confidence intervals and Bayesian credible intervals answer different questions, and confusing them can distort product decisions The post The 95% Illusion: Why Your Co...
A monograph by Yi Fuxian, a University of Wisconsin-Madison demographer and longtime critic of China’s population policies, argues that China’s actual population may be closer to 1...
How much crude oil does the world have available? Inquiring minds want to know but it is surprisingly difficult to get a single number. We hear more about relative levels “less tha...
Alpha School's growth scores aren't real. Alpha School's growth is.
India’s statistical system once commanded respect, and its data on economic and social indicators was considered rigorous – that appears to have eroded• Don’t get This is India del...
Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-ti...
Usually users add 1500–2000 map notes per day. Yesterday (2026-10-13) one user added 6175 map notes. Yesterday all users added 7717 map notes. So one user added 80% map notes (one...
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