Back to school: Education by the numbers

Statistics on U.S. schools. Numbers with an "(x)" are projections.

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57 officers slain in the line of duty last year

The FBI says 57 law enforcement officers were slain in the line of duty last year, up from 48 the previous year.

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Giuliani Wants Stats to Battle Problems

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has a ready answer for the nation's woes: statistics.

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Giuliani Wants Stats to Battle Problems

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has a ready answer for the nation's woes: statistics.

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The toll free hotline for Census Bureau employment is 1-866-861-2010. You can also apply at .

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Kidsdata.org recently expanded to offer data for all cities, school districts, and counties in California. These statewide data are available for a wide range of topics measuring the health and well being of children, and more data will be phased in throughout 2010.

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Who needs real-time terrors like catastrophic climate change? Religious authorities and viral YouTube videos alike are bemoaning waning faith-based power by blaming something much more boring, even for scientists. Birth rates.

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A new study suggests the flu vaccine is not as effective among less educated individuals as their immune system may be compromised by ongoing stress.

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For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October on record. The month was marked by an active weather pattern that reinforced unseasonably cold air behind a series of cold fronts.

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Jobless Claims Data Misrepresented By Media (Has Job Loss Improvement Stalled?)

This is my third or fourth recent article on the misrepresentation of jobless claims data (symptomatic of a general problem in the way the mainstream media, and the financial press). What was the actual, factual NEWS? It was that the weekly jobless claims number fell to 5 …

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Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book.

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A Full-Time Job Ain't What It Used To Be

News item: October 27, 2009 -- San Francisco Chronicle -- The California State Employment Development Department estimates that the underemployment rate hit 21.9 percent in September.

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"Statistical errors happen astonishingly often," says Ray Hill, a mathematician at the University of Salford, UK, who has given evidence in several high-profile criminal cases. "I'm always finding examples that go unnoticed in evidence statements."

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There is a lot of chatter about TweetMeme's rather robust growth to over 18 million unique monthly visitors on Compete.com. That puts them ahead of well known sites like LinkedIn and gmail.com with 15 million and 9 million visitors, respectively, on the service).

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Trigger warning. Interesting article on AlterNet about sexual violence and misogyny in the American military.

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Earlier this month, a couple reports came out suggesting that Bing's search market share took a hit in September. Hitwise reported that Bing's share of U.S. searches was down 5 percent (in absolute terms, it was a half-point drop to 8.9 percent share).

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If you break smokers down by their occupations, the workers who are most likely to smoke are in the food-service industry, says a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Out of all U.S.

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Statistics are not looking good for loan borrowers, as one out of three mortgage applicants was denied last year. The strict standards, which predictably followed the housing market crash, show no signs of loosening the lending reins.

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Microsoft Bing's U.S. search fell from 9.49 percent of U.S. search share in August to 8.99 percent in September, according to figures from HitWise. Google recorded 71 percent of U.S. searches, up nearly 1 percent from 70.2 percent in August.

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In Philadelphia, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania find, possessing a gun is strongly associated with getting shot.

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Every month since its launch, Microsoft's Bing search engine keeps taking a little bit of market share. In August, Bing gained 0.4 percent to end the month with 9.3 percent of search query volumes in the U.S., according to comScore's Qsearch estimates.

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Lyme Disease increases, controversy over diagnosis and treatment still ongoing.

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(NaturalNews) As NaturalNews has reported in detail antidepressants like Prozac (fluoxetine) and the growing list of similar selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor drugs (SSRIs) not only can have numerous side effects from nausea to headaches -- but they've also been linked to h …

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The Bulgarian authorities have ordered an investigation after the same six numbers were drawn in two consecutive rounds of the national lottery.

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The preliminary findings from the institute, part of the National Academies in Washington, will be issued amid a growing debate over the health-care overhaul proposals that President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass.

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It is the first time for the conference in New York, and the location is significant, says conference Director K. Mary Hess. "We need a comprehensive campaign that allows for tailoring to the many cultures within the Latino Community.

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The Right's Nonexistent Predictive Power Regarding Gay Marriage

This is only the beginning, if we allow this [ same sex marriage ] to happen we will, in effect, have destabilized the basic institution of our society, which is marriage between a man and a woman - Brian Camenker, President of the Parents' Rights Coalition, as quoted by MassNews …

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How to get reform: Find the middle ground and then run to it

When it comes to reforming government, the distribution of public opinion is no different than a bell curve. If anything is to be done effectively, then the best way is to find the middle ground and then create policy that suits it.

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What is the point in statistics when it is based on an image that someone wants to present?

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