Proxy Variables Part 2: Race
This is part 2 of our examination of Proxy Variables, take a look at our introduction to the subject here. So, is race a proxy variable? Should we use race as a proxy variable? In depends. Sometimes. In working we equity in quantitative...
Why We Need to be Data Detectives
In last week’s email newsletter I mentioned Naomi Wolf’s data problems (That’s Naomi Wolf – not Naomi Klein as I accidentally wrote in part of the text. Apologies to Naomi Klein fans!) In Wolf’s latest book she makes claims about the number of men executed in...
Fresh Apples to Old Oranges: A case study in why data biographies aren’t only useful, they’re ethical.
It’s not ethical to rank countries without giving us details on the data. It’s not equitable to rank countries on data from wildly different years. Where is the data biography for the new OECD Social Institutions and Gender Index? I do a lot of work in the area of...