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Income Growth by Income and President Party Affiliation for United States
- yummyfajitas 18y ago>Bartels shows in his book that this difference is not a statistical artifact or a fluke. With sample sizes of 5 and 6 (for dem/rep), Bartels shows that his results are not a statistical fluke. Sounds plausible. >(It turns out that the same pattern prevails even when a Republican president is succeeded by another Republican.) I take that back, sample size 2. I'd be really curious to see the leave one out error for his statistics (i.e., throw away Nixon and Clinton, and see if the result persists). Look, I hate Bush and McCain as much as most people (I liked Paul, however). But this book is just propaganda.
- wanorris 18y agoI really doubt most people hate McCain.
- troystribling 18y agoI am suspect of the data (but thought it interesting). I would like to see more analysis of this type for comparison, for example, the impact of partisan versus bipartisan legislation on the economy. I think an approach using methods like this is required to implement objective government policy.
- nertzy 18y agoCorrelation does not imply causation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_caus...