tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post422833716266513645..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Elizabeth Warren's Bankrupt StudyEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-89522873372216951072009-07-15T22:13:23.216-05:002009-07-15T22:13:23.216-05:00the statistics observation in your first paragrap...the statistics observation in your first paragraph is exactly what i was thinking when i was paging through malcom gladwell's last book (i just had to see what he was on about). he started going on and on about some statistics for some isolated variable without ever mentioning the overall totals.<br />it's troubling that the general reading public probably never asks <br />this question themselves.<br />it is so basic. and yet this guy just glossed over it like no one would care about the overall totals. i had to put the book down. <br />this person you target here. she has a J.D. but does she have an undergraduate science degree? if not, i'd bet that's the problem. without ever having to do this grudge work, she probably had to get someone to help her do the minimum statistical analysis that Am J Med requires. and i would doubt she would understand it. heck, many faculty do no even understand it. they just do it because it's required.<br /><br />it's neither here nor there: the data is garbage, like you said. questionnaires are not the best way to figure out why people do what they do, and anyone in tune with current methods should know this. it's cheap though. and so it will never disppear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-9689755753120727712009-06-07T15:07:37.841-05:002009-06-07T15:07:37.841-05:00This is a giant turd sandwich here. Just one visi...This is a giant turd sandwich here. Just one visit to the emergency room can cost someone 10% of their income ... even if there's nothing wrong with them. If a family needs two incomes to pay the mortage on their $150,000 home, and one of them falls sick, even with health insurance they are SOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-52213714971041048292009-06-06T08:55:23.827-05:002009-06-06T08:55:23.827-05:00You are on fire lately Falken! Keep up the good w...You are on fire lately Falken! Keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com