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December 10, 2015

How to mislead with sloppy stats: The sex trafficking example

I don't know if any particular claims in this are true, or what "Truthout" is, but their description of all the definition-stretching and bait-and-switch tactics with statistics certainly rings true and provides vivid, compelling examples of something often observed in other fields.

Special Report: Money and Lies in Anti-Human Trafficking NGOs
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
By Anne Elizabeth Moore, Truthout

Posted by on December 10, 2015 in Divorce Rates: Understanding Divorce Rates, Divorce Statistics Generally |

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