Just wanted to follow up on this issue since I happened across an analysis on Nate Silver's site. I mentioned at the beginning that I hoped that he'd look into the data and I was glad that he did.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/04/study-claiming-link-between-stimulus.html In summary, as I suspected, it was a really crappy statistical analysis. And that is putting it politely. It turns out that the top 18 districts listed as receiving stimulus money are state capitols. Essentially, their "district" was credited as receiving the funds when really the funds were distributed to the state and then spent on a variety of projects across the state. And it just so happens that the capitol cities of the most populous states in America are represented largely by Democrats. So, yeah, totally bogus "study" that was at best is a novice attempt at data analysis and, more likely given the source, just a Republican talking point. Blech. Judah On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I love the fact that the numbers are available via recovery.org, though. > > I hope that is a trend that is not undone by the next administration. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314829 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
