[Facts] Re: Controversial study on sexism and hurricane deaths
in reply to a message by clevelandkentevans
Wait for the next 10 hurricane seasons and the effect will be gone. It does not surprise me that this kind of study is published in "The Economist". IMO, it is not controversial, but simply spurious.
More on statistics:
http://www.tylervigen.com/
http://xkcd.com/882/
More on statistics:
http://www.tylervigen.com/
http://xkcd.com/882/