tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post2071767464296987245..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Sports Statistics and SociologyAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-17724305619575047612019-07-11T09:04:14.053-04:002019-07-11T09:04:14.053-04:00Statistics showed that even with $100 oil, the &qu...Statistics showed that even with $100 oil, the "accomplishments" of Chavista Venezuela were, for the most part, smoke and mirrors. As such, the collapse after the fall in the price of oil was not a surprise. Chavez was elected in 1998 with $11 oil. Chavez died in 2013, with $100 oil. Percent increase in per capita income (1998-2013),constant PPP dollars: 44% for World, 15% for Venezuela. Given the over $1 trillion in oil export revenues during this time (constant 2012 dollars), Chavista Venezuela's pathetic economic growth is even more damning. Statistics can similarly show that the alleged iaccomplishments of Chavista Venezuela in education and health care were similarly, mostly smoke and mirrots.<br /><br />Similarly with the Castro regime, statistics show that Castro inherited a fairly well-off country, and that while the Castro regime did have accomplishments in improving health care, so did other countries. <br /><br /><br />Example: Cuba's Life Expectancy is currently 4 years higher than Life Expectancy for Latin America and the Caribbean. Does this indicate that the Castro regime had been a good steward for the Cuban people?<br /><br />Followup question.Cuba's Life Expectancy in the 1950s was 8 years higher than Life Expectancy for Latin America and the Caribbean. Does this indicate that the Batista regime had been a good steward for the Cuban people?<br /><br />Pinochet versus Castro:<br />How did the Pinochet regime perform in health care compared to the Castro regime?<br />From 1977 to 1983, a span of 6 years, the Pinochet regime reduced the Infant Mortality rate from 41.8 to 20.8.<br />From 1963 to 1977, a span of 14 years, the Castro regime reduced the Infant Mortality rate from 41.7 to 20.6.<br />From 1973 to 1989, a span of 16 years, the Pinochet regime reduced the Infant Mortality rate from 64.1 to 17.1.<br />From 1963 to 1979, a span of 16 years, the Castro regime reduced the Infant Mortality rate from 41.7 to 17.5.<br /><br /><a href="https://estadisticas.cepal.org/cepalstat/portada.html?idioma=english" rel="nofollow">Infant mortality rate (IGME)</a> Also for Life Expectancy<br /><br />During this time, Cuba had about twice as many physicians per capita as Chile.(World Bank)<br /><br />Statistics have their uses.RichardJohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490819511630683969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-55819022457247197352019-07-10T15:39:18.129-04:002019-07-10T15:39:18.129-04:00I take a slightly different view, that statistics ...I take a slightly different view, that statistics can be made to tell the truth if you grab them by the collar, shove them against the wall, and make them tell you who their friends are. With sports that is often easy to guess - players, owners, fans, and agents all have pretty clear agendas, you simply have to remember to look. For social sciences, those pretend that they are objective and have no true friends, so it gets more difficult. Yet once you have discovered who their friends are - usually the people who pay them and give them status, or more indirectly but just as reliably, who funds and gives status to their tribe - you are on your way. Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-599375837710247342019-07-10T14:45:37.817-04:002019-07-10T14:45:37.817-04:00Numbers can be rearranged to say whatever you want...Numbers can be rearranged to say whatever you want them to say. Which is why I ignore sports stats and sociology.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com