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The ranking is methodologically problematic in its being relative. If press freedom is curtailed in many countries around the world, their rankings may barely d
by einpoklum 7y ago
The ranking is methodologically problematic in its being relative. If press freedom is curtailed in many countries around the world, their rankings may barely drop - since others "dropped" as well, and since most countries may be above or below them both before and after the change. Same thing for improvement in press freedom.
- arcticbull 7y agoLuckily we've got the central limit theorem on our side, since we've got 180-ish entries, it's going to approximate a standard normal distribution.
- einpoklum 7y ago> Luckily we've got the central limit theorem on our side No, we don't. States are not IID samples.
- arcticbull 7y agoWhy not!