Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Brad Delong reveals truth

Here’s a nice piece exposing lies-by-statistics by the Wall Street Journal abetted briefly by the Tax Foundation:

The Tax Foundation - The Wall Street Journal's Misleading Income Chart.pdf 

The Wall Street Journal’s graphic:

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Brad’s corrected graphic (read the piece to learn the statistical trick employed):

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Thank you, Professor.

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