Taking Spin Out of Report That Made Bad Into Good Health

Taking Spin Out of Report That Made Bad Into Good Health - a NYT article talking about misrepresentation of statistics by the administration report. This really illustrates the point that numbers can be misleading and their value is in correct interpretation that is so difficult to acheive. The concept of "massaging" the data into giving "expected" results is not new. The "Bell Curve" has illustrated misues of statistics in a thousand page opus. Unfortunately, once the first interpretation is made, it is very difficult to change the audience's mind even if the problems are explained soon after... first impressions are a hell of a force.