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Governmental bias in statistics

Incidence

In the USA in 1991, the government refused to correct errors in the 1990 census through which 5.3 million people were overlooked. Because such official statistics are used to apportion federal funding, this refusal cost large cities and states millions of dollars and could affect the makeup of political districts throughout the country.

Claim

There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Broader

Inadequate data
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Aggravates

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Strategy

Using bias
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Value

Bias
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced InequalitySustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • Fundamental sciences » Statistics
  • Societal problems » Imbalances
  • Government » Government
  • Content quality
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024