Good on both of them! That is good work, the kind of passionate dispassionate analysis our political system needs to diagnose and fix parts of what's wrong.
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:37 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Oh, and I forgot the follow up article where the original study author > responds to Nate and there is some further discussion about research > design: > > > http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/04/veronique-de-rugy-responds-to-critique.html > > And while I still think it was a hack job, I should note that I really > appreciate that the author of the study responded to Nate's criticism. > I don't think much of the study, but the behavior is certainly classy. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> > wrote: > > 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:314852 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
