statistics

I don't like politics. I really don't. Any time I see them being discussed or hear debates on the radio I want to gouge my eyes out with a rusty spoon. To me it all seems to result in one candidate trying to make the other look bad, or telling you why the other candidate's ideas won't work, or using some rhetorical technique to inflate whatever he's saying.  Read More »

The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is put together from voluntary reporting by police agencies once an offense has been reported. The agencies report arrests made for the crimes, victim’s demographic status (age, sex, religion, race, marital status, etc), and the place that the crime took place. Expanded forms also show hate crime statistics and homicides against police.  Read More »

I was listening to AM radio and getting angry with Sen. Obama’s tax plan , thinking that I would run home and write about it but then there was an announcement of the upcoming segment. It was to be about the pill and how it changes the way a woman selects her partner.  Read More »

In a previous blog, I posted that I do not understand statistics in the least. After studying to the point of insanity, I now see statistics in an entirely new way. I can now read percentages and question where these numbers came from. Are they a true representative sample of the population? How big was their sample size? What kinds of bias are involved with the results?  Read More »

If you're of age, you need to vote. No excuses. This is one of the most important elections of our time. Everyone needs to have their voices heard.

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How many books do you read in a year? If you're like 25% of the American adult population, you didn't read any.

An Associated Press-Ipsos poll released last month studied the reading habits of Americans, and found that one in four adults say that they read no books in the past year. Blame it on the Internet or our fast-paced lives, but 25% of the population is not reading books.  Read More »