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At the best of times, statistical studies of economic phenomena are exercises in economic history, not economic science.
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They come armed with vast statistical studies that prove how well their methodologies have worked in the past (or at least since 1962, when their back-tested studies began).
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And, in practice, it leads to endlessly battling statistical studies.
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Those who need the assurance of statistical studies would be better served by the Rahn Curve (named after economist Richard Rahn), which shows a long-term negative relationship between the size of government expenditures as a percentage of GDP and economic growth rates.
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Undertake studies and prepare statistical reports on the activities of the Unit.
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Dr. S. Robert Lichter is Professor of Communications at George Mason University, where he also directs the Center for Media and Public Affairs, which conducts scientific studies of the news and entertainment media, and the Statistical Assessment Service (STATS), which works to improve the quality of statistical and scientific information in the news.
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He pooled data from two much larger ongoing studies of Vytorin and said they showed that the cancer risk was a statistical fluke.
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Advocacy groups offer studies, but as DAY TO DAY's Mike Pesca reports, whether these statistical reports on hate and bias are about anti-Semitic or anti-Muslim or anti-gay crimes, they often have one thing in common: dubious methodology.
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They asked Roche for full clinical study reports, with study protocols, the reporting analysis plan, the statistical analysis plan and individual patient data so that all they could more fully determine what could be concluded from the studies.
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