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Trump's jobs data denialism won't fool anyone

I've had a fun weekend1 visiting family in Kansas City, but I figured this story was timely enough to be worth publishing on a Sunday. Also, time flies: It's August, which means that it's time for a new Subscriber Questions post, ideally this week unless further news intervenes. You can submit your questions in the comments to SBSQ #22.

You can submit your questions in the comments to SBSQ #22. Subscribe nowIf you'd asked me 20 years ago, when I made a living playing online poker and running projections for Baseball Prospectus, I would have told you that, of course, I'm a Data Guy. Treat the numbers with caution, because it's easy to build bad models or otherwise screw up in umpteen ways when working with complex statistical data under deadline pressure.

Treat the numbers with caution, because it's easy to build bad models or otherwise screw up in umpteen ways when working with complex statistical data under deadline pressure. But at the end of the day, we all have to make decisions based on incomplete information.

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