The Bureau of Labor Statistics adjusts monthly data on employment to smooth out routine seasonal changes. In 10 of the last 12 months, the BLS has adjusted its numbers by more than one standard deviation from its historical average. Standard deviation is used to measure how far from the average a data point falls to determine how abnormal the data are.
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The Pentagon’s illusion of choice: Hagel’s 2 options are really 1 |
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Wild about Larry |
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Primary care as affordable luxury |
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Solving the chicken-or-egg job problem |
Join some of the authors, along with notable health scholars from the left and right, for the release of “Best of Both Worlds: Uniting Universal Coverage and Personal Choice in Health Care,” and a new debate over the priorities and policies that will most effectively reform health care.
