by Gary Menger | Nov 1, 2015 | Menger's Musings
On site-based demographic reports, it is often helpful to have a benchmark column so that one can readily assess how a particular location is changing over time relative to a larger area. A benchmark area should be both immediately recognizable and geographically...
by Gary Menger | Jul 8, 2015 | Menger's Musings
Most Americans know fully well that the west coast, especially California, is subject to frequent and often severe earthquakes. Many would not be overly surprised if the ‘big one’ eventually caused Los Angeles or San Francisco to fall into the Pacific Ocean. Those...
by Gary Menger | Jul 8, 2015 | Menger's Musings
Lies, damn lies, and statistics. We’ve all heard that quote. The classic book on the fine art of lying with numbers, now over sixty years old and still available on Amazon….How To Lie With Statistics. If you torture the data enough, it will confess to anything....
by Gary Menger | Jul 8, 2015 | Menger's Musings
One of my earliest memories growing up was sitting with my grandmother at the kitchen table in front of a large wall map of North America, where she would quiz me on the provinces and states and their capitals. By the time I went to school, I knew them all. I...
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