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Archive for June, 2009

Iran Election Statistics

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Public Interest, Surveys and Sampling | 5 Comments »

How do you detect election fraud? A recent article in the Washington Post describes a novel statistical idea. I wish I had thought of it. Read more..

Mind the Gap

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 Posted in Fun Stuff, Graphics, Public Interest | 5 Comments »

Several years ago I posted a graphic plotting country’s GDP per head against mean lifetime and drawing attention to the tragic loss of life in southern Africa, mainly due to ... Read more..

GDP and aging

Friday, June 19th, 2009 Posted in Graphics, Public Interest | 1 Comment »

Below is  a nice little graphic that I generated from an exploration tool provided by the good folks at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Developement. It shows the relationship ... Read more..