You practically have to read the fine print to discover there are two surveys--both conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)--that take the pulse of our labor markets.
The narrative he builds is one that compels us to become more comfortable with math and statistics, one that suggests we should take advantage of machines where possible, and one in which we cannot lose the human element guiding the analysis if we want to avoid catastrophic chaos-theory driven failures to which machines are susceptible.
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The demand for computer-support specialists and software engineers, to take two examples, is expected by the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) to double between 2000 and 2010.
They take them to the countryside, where of course all the statistics show that they are far more likely to be run over in a rural road traffic accident than they ever were to be a victim of knife crime in south London.
Those who had been breastfed had a 58% chance of moving up the social ladder compared to 50% of those who were bottle-fed - a relative difference of 41% when the statistics were adjusted to take into account other factors which might influence the outcome.
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No words, no statistics, can take away the pain and the anxiety that a family feels because of this downturn.
He also will take some of the credit for the nation's robust economy and an array of statistics behind the economy, including the longest peacetime expansion in U.S. history, lowest welfare rolls in 30 years and the first back-to-back government surpluses in 43 years.
"If you take ordination off the table, in the U.S. our statistics are better than the Department of Labor when it comes to women in executive positions, " Walsh said.
If you were to take similar statistics, from Italy or Britain or France or Germany, you would find that the growth of the money supply in those countries was completely different than that of the U.S., although all of them used a gold standard system.
And burglary statistics from the dorms don't distinguish forcible break-ins by outsiders from students who take advantage of an open door by helping themselves to a neighbor's BlackBerry.
Statistics released by the Ministry of Justice show a year-on-year drop in the time cases take, but also a steady fall throughout 2012.
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