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The more shocking the headline, the more important to interrogate primary sources.
by adamsb6 3y ago
The more shocking the headline, the more important to interrogate primary sources.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoJust throw out any statistic that does not offer distribution information. Quintiles should be the minimum standard, but deciles are preferable.
- rayiner 3y agoSimilar example: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1154&context=faculty_publications https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=... > Lawmakers who opposed the bankruptcy bill cited a 2005 study by Himmelstein, Thome, Warren, and Woolhandler finding that approximately half of bankruptcies were medical-related. Supporters of the bankruptcy bill countered with a court record analysis conducted within the Department of Justice (DOJ). According to the DOJ analysis, over half of the sample (54%) had no medical debt at all, the average medical debt among those with any such debt was under $5,000, and medical debt comprised only 5.5% of the total unsecured debt of the sample.