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Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A possible solution to overcome the bias of single lists is to use a statistical method known as multiple systems estimation ( MSE ), which can provide estimates for those cases that weren’t recorded in any list. This estimate assumes that the collecting patterns of IBC and SIGACTS were independent of each other, which is unlikely.

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Ensuring a healthy U.S. democracy in the face of extreme weather events

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Democratic systems, processes, and institutions must be able to respond to shifting demands to address challenges created by durable changes to geography, population distribution, and economic centers caused by extreme weather events. These changes will have cascading effects on political and social systems.

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