There's good information and bad information out there, and being able to tell which is which is critical to making good decisions... and reporting the news accurately. Polling company Research 2000 whose statistics were widely distributed on blogs and internet news sources like Daily Kos has been accused of fabricating thousands of statistics.
My housemate brought this story to my attention because it directly affects his dissertation research-- about 5% of the data he's using came from Research 2000. He now has to re-do his statistics and crunch the numbers all over again. Students as well as reports should take warning: not all statistics (or data) are neutral!
Polling wars: Kos takes on Research 2000
Daily Kos Plans to Sue Polling Company
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