It was now just two people talking, not a news reporter mining for data like a dentist extracting teeth.

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As a sociologist I am aware of the dangers of coming to conclusions with inadequate data and am astounded that this reporter has the front to make sweeping generalisations about the state of safety in our schools when the research that was carried out showed little rigour or representativeness.

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Data logs of the Model S that left New York Times reporter John Broder stranded revealed a "violation of common sense" according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, but Broder is now offering his side of the story to help make sense of the information.

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Some of my real estate reporter colleagues at other media outlets were quite fast to assume this data meant a housing double-dip was upon us.

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Gathering what data are available outside the U.S. has fallen in recent years to our reporter Susan Kitchens, who must therefore rank as one of the better authorities on the subject.

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If you think about what you read, that is going to raise troubling questions both about the work behind the story by Forbes and the reporter and the true motivation of the consultants that passed this off as definitive data.

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