简介：Carl Bialik examines the way numbers are used, and abused.

原站：http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy

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累计：259 篇（自 2008-08-21 起）

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Mining Tweets for Public Opinion

my print column examines the efforts of opinion researchers to harness posts on twitter, facebook, blog comments and elsewhere to monitor public views. the field is drawing interest from pollsters who in recent years have struggled to find willing participants for their phone surveys, even as millions broadcast their views online.“clearly there’s a hu... (8 天前)

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In Implant Controversy, Sure Numbers Are Scarce

my print column examines the fuzzy numbers behind the controversy over a french company’s implants, distributed around the world and found by french health authorities to pose a relatively large risk of rupture. yet authorities in other countries, including the u.k., say there isn’t enough evidence to demonstrate a higher incidence of implant failure.... (15 天前)

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The Crime That’s Counted

my print column examines the preferred benchmark crime of criminologists for tracking and comparing illegal and violent activity: homicide. it has its drawbacks, and vagaries, which i explore in the column, but remains more concrete than other crimes.“in general, the more serious the offense, the better the statistics,” said anthony larose, criminolog... (21 天前)

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Private Equity’s Job Record

my print column examines some numbers that may help shed light on the debate, central to the race for the republican presidential nomination, about private equity’s impact on jobs. a recent academic study has added numbers to the discussion, showing the extent to which companies bought by private-equity firms accelerate both the creation and destruction... (28 天前)

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Elections Change Rules, Face Unforeseen Consequences

my print column examines rule changes for this year’s voting for nominees for the academy award for best picture. the academy must balance competing priorities in constructing its voting procedure, and this year it changed the rules to place more emphasis on first-place votes. award analysts report that those, and in some cases second-place votes, will ... (28 天前)

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When Polls Turn Up the Wrong Number

my print column examines the sizable gap between what the public believes to be crucial numbers affecting their lives, and the best estimates of what those numbers really are.this gap worries some political scientists. “many use these faulty perceptions as evidence in deciding which policies or candidates to support or which political actions to take,”... (42 天前)

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A World Full of Alarming Traces

my print column examines findings that cocaine and other alarming substances turn out to be ubiquitous on everyday objects, a result that may say more about the large number of people who come into contact with public objects and the ease of finding substances when looking at low enough concentration.the latest such study focused on baby changing statio... (56 天前)

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