What Are the Chances 1.4 Million People Willl Really Get Ebola? (Not high)
There are hundreds of bits of data behind the apocalyptic estimate from the Centers for Disease Control, but just one of them drove the…
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Who You Calling Poor?
Official figures say 46 million Americans live in poverty. Beyond that, there’s little about poverty that Americans can agree on.
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Why 300 Million More People are Suddenly Poor
Kigali, Rwanda — In November, 300 million more people around the world were suddenly poor – on paper, at least. The latest numbers on…
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New Study Argues War Deaths Are Overestimated
A new study, the Human Security Report, argues that politics and fund-raising priorities often lead to overestimates of war deaths, touching off a controversy…
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Post 9/11, Americans Say Muslims Face Most Discrimination
But many also see Islam as a violent religion, according to a Pew Forum survey. New York — Eight years after the terrorist attacks…
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Statistics are hot
When Ryan C Briggs does them. Seriously, check this out: That’s a visualization of analysis of NYT coverage of Africa. And there’s more of…
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A Human Rights Statistician Finds Truth in Numbers
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — The tension started in the witness room. “You could feel the stress rolling off the walls in there,” Patrick Ball…
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